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Dec 4, 2020
2 min

Self Portrait Project

Starting a business takes a lot of mental energy. So why am I expending more on something else? My world as become a series of forms,...

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KitchenBeard

Nov 10, 2020
2 min

It's All In the Planning

My intentions to write on this blog more have faltered, as I thought they might, but not for the reasons I anticipated. Writing is a...

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KitchenBeard

Sep 8, 2020
4 min

Stone Fruit Gazpacho

Gazpacho is one of those dishes I keep in the back of my mind whenever the temperature creeps over 75. When I was a kid, we lived in...

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KitchenBeard

Aug 12, 2020
4 min

Coming to Jesus

I recently signed up,for a new fruit and vegetable delivery service after reading about it in the SFGate. The article talks about a guy...

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KitchenBeard

Jul 28, 2020
2 min

Trying Hard to Impress

Sitting at my computer working after dinner and I see motion out of the corner of my eye. I look out the window and see my upstairs...

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KitchenBeard

Jul 22, 2020
3 min

Recipe Development: Truffle Mac

A couple of weeks ago I did some volunteer work for a woman who was cooking for the homeless. It was a couple of hours of light kitchen...

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KitchenBeard

Jul 20, 2020
2 min

Pepper

"There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!' Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing. There was certainly too much...

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KitchenBeard

Jul 17, 2020
2 min

Reinvent. Renew. Remake. Restart.

Years ago, I blogged and wrote and took pictures. I enjoyed it. And then came Facebook and all that went away. Let's do something about...

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