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Spaghetti with Lemony Anchovy Sauce and My Big Takeaway from Alt Summit

January 25th, 2012

I had recently fallen into a rabbit hole called Alt Summit (if you’ve been following me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I was tweeting up a storm about everything I was learning). I’ve crawled out from under white dresses, sparkles, stationary and balloons to tell you a story about embracing who you are. [...]

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Single Servings: J. Mars, Emily Wells, Lower Dens, and Dave & Marissa

January 27th, 2012

Mmmhmm! We’ve got four new tracks for you to download today that I think you’re going to love – I know I’m feeling them. Let me know which one is your favorite in the comments section. J. Mars – Black Diamond Shamballas J. Mars was a happy inbox discovery. This track is the first single [...]

Sage Biscuit Egg Sandwich: When Good Enough Turns into Something Pretty Great

January 23rd, 2012

Fluffy, tender biscuits have been eluding me for years. You see, I’d find recipe after recipe, tweak here and there, in the hopes that I could recreate those towering, cracked rounds that I’d see in magazines and cookbooks. But they would never come out the way they looked in those images. Frustrated, I had given [...]

Single Servings: Notorious B.I.G., Andrew Bird, The Shins, & Sleigh Bells

January 26th, 2012

I’ll probably be experimenting with the formatting of the Single Servings posts for the next few weeks to find something I like. However, instead of featuring one new track per post, I’m planning on featuring a collection of new singles in each Single Serving post. I really really feel compelled to try to keep tings [...]

Simple Vegan Chipotle-Chocolate Truffles and Only Children: Different but the Same

January 16th, 2012

Update: I’ve been informed that cocoa and coffee are both processed with high heat. Therefore, these truffles are technically not ‘raw.’ That said, you can use raw cacao and replace the coffee with with equal parts water. If you live in America, and you’re an only child, chances are you’re kind of an anomoly. Growing [...]

Musical Pairings: Twilight Singers – She Loves You

January 25th, 2012

Twilight Singers began in 1997 as a side-project for Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli. When the Whigs disbanded in 2001, Twilight Singers became the primary vehicle for releasing Dulli’s new material. Released in 2004, She Loves You was Dulli’s third release under the Twilight Singers moniker, collecting eleven sultry, slightly debaucherous covers. Dulli is known [...]

Minimalism: Roasted Sausages with Grapes and Creamy Pearl Couscous ‘Risotto’

January 11th, 2012

Minimalism. It seems to be the theme for 2012. I’ve been reading all sorts of blog posts and articles about people cleaning out their inboxes, unsubscribing from mailing lists, unfollowing blogs, deleting their cable, uninstalling apps from their mobile devices, and throwing out unnecessary items. I’ve gone through occasional purges in my life: stepping away [...]

Served Three Ways: Three Covers of The Clash’s “The Guns of Brixton”

January 24th, 2012

The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” is probably one of the greatest rock songs ever written. Anyways, it is certainly one of the best rock tracks ever fused with another genre (considering it is maybe more reggae that rock). I love the way it just oozes defiance, rebellion and urban menace. The three covers I collected [...]

Kitchen Takeover (Cocktail Edition): ‘The Heist’ by Bread&Gin [VIDEO]

January 10th, 2012

I jokingly refer to our friends, Hannah and Jeff, as our doppelgangers. Hannah and I are both writers (professionally), but she’s also a music blogger (she writes for the awesome music blog IndieShuffle). Meanwhile, Jeff can whip up a mean kale salad and pasta carbonara, but he also shares Matt’s love of vinyl and brown [...]

Musical Pairings: Quilt – Quilt

January 23rd, 2012

Stop me if you heard this one before. The story goes something like this: a trio of art school students bond over the discovery of their shared appreciation for experimental song structures, psychedelic music and good-old fashioned pop harmonies. Naturally, they form a band and subsequently tour the “underground” music scene on the east coast [...]

5 Questions With…Jordan Ferney, Oh Happy Day!

January 8th, 2012

If you aren’t already familiar with Jordan’s blog, Oh Happy Day!, get ready to be smitten. An event planner and letterpress printer, Jordan moved her family (including her two kids and talented painter husband) to Paris, France for a year. Besides posting enviable stories about her life in France (picnics! bike rides! European adventures! macarons!), [...]

Single Serving: Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory

January 20th, 2012

I won’t lie. I didn’t really see this one coming. Cloud Nothings’ Attack on Memory is the first great record of 2012. Cloud Nothings, if you aren’t familiar, is the project of Cleveland, Ohio rocker Dylan Bald. I enjoyed Baldi’s lo-fi, self-titled debut record from last year, but I didn’t love it. I’s also liked [...]

Roasted Squash with Mint, Pepitas and Balsamic: Gone Looking

January 4th, 2012

We had an enormous dog growing up, with a mild-mannered name: Bonnie. There has been much debate amongst my family as to who actually came up with the name. I believe that my grandfather (Ded) would tell you that it was he who suggested we call our new dog Benny. When it became clear that [...]

Turntable Kitchen :: January 2012 Mix

January 18th, 2012

Twenty-twelve is already off to a strong start in terms of good music. Although there haven’t been a lot of great albums yet (after all we are only a few weeks in), there have been a host of intriguing singles popping up left and right. If these singles are a sign of what’s to come [...]

Miso Salmon with Sesame Salt: Newsness

January 2nd, 2012

This is usually the time of year when each new day is full of hope. The new year is full of possibilities. New jobs, friends, fitness goals, diets, weddings, babies, home redesigns. Cleansing. 2011 was a particularly reflective year for me. In some ways, I struggled through adulthood. I started the year with a new [...]

Musical Pairings: The National – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers

January 16th, 2012

Many of my favorite college-era music-related memories were set at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. I wasn’t a student there. In fact, it was a two hour drive from the University of Dayton where I was enrolled. Nonetheless, I would visit friends there often enough that I could likely qualify for an honorary degree. Initially, [...]

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Spaghetti with Lemony Anchovy Sauce and My Big Takeaway from Alt Summit

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Single Servings: J. Mars, Emily Wells, Lower Dens, and Dave & Marissa

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Sage Biscuit Egg Sandwich: When Good Enough Turns into Something Pretty Great

Single Servings: Notorious B.I.G., Andrew Bird, The Shins, & Sleigh Bells

Simple Vegan Chipotle-Chocolate Truffles and Only Children: Different but the Same

Musical Pairings: Twilight Singers – She Loves You

Minimalism: Roasted Sausages with Grapes and Creamy Pearl Couscous ‘Risotto’

Served Three Ways: Three Covers of The Clash’s “The Guns of Brixton”

Kitchen Takeover (Cocktail Edition): ‘The Heist’ by Bread&Gin [VIDEO]

Musical Pairings: Quilt – Quilt

5 Questions With…Jordan Ferney, Oh Happy Day!

Single Serving: Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory

Roasted Squash with Mint, Pepitas and Balsamic: Gone Looking

Turntable Kitchen :: January 2012 Mix

Miso Salmon with Sesame Salt: Newsness

Musical Pairings: The National – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers

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