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Rebecca Swanner

Travel

Tartine

This past weekend, I went up to SF…with one goal in mind: go to Tartine Bakery. The mission was a success. After some joyful waiting in line during which I ogled/admired the menu, I came away with two loaves of freshly-baked bread (one olive…

July 7, 2011
Cooking

Pickles

Sort of recently, I recruited my roommate into making some pickles with me. I gave him the arduous task of slicing all of the pickles to 1/4″ thickness – a task he deftly accomplished given he’s an architect and making things exact is his…

June 30, 2011
Baking

More Kitchen Musings

I haven’t been much in the mood to write recently…at least not in this style. I’ve been writing a little poetry again, so that’s refreshing, and I’m looking forward to hearing the whirr of the typewriter again. But, there’s been lots happening in my…

June 30, 2011
Baking

Kitchen

Wow. Just wow. What a day. And, no, I’m not talking about the Rapture because apparently, if it happened Jesus left me behind. Hey…Jesus! Still here! Hellooooooo! No, today was my first day in a professional kitchen. And, not to like, uh, jump the…

May 23, 2011