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Broccoli, Onion and Pine Nut No-Egg Quiche Recipe

March 18th, 2008 · 12 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!With a surprise stuffed cheese crust.
I love using eggs in savoury tarts, like Pumpkin Savoury Tart or Savoury Herb Tart, but this time I wanted to focus on the vegetables and include a [...]

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Tags: Entree · Food · Holiday · Italy · Recipe · Work

Spring Frittata with Peas, Leeks and Zucchini Recipe

March 4th, 2008 · 16 Comments

This past weekend (after recovering from the Girl Geek Dinner) we woke up to a sun that was blindingly bright and screamed “Springtime!” After another mild winter here in Italy, it’s a bit too much to hope that spring is already here, but for the weekend, we all believed it.
I walked around with only a [...]

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2006 Year in Review: Tips, Tricks and Best Discoveries

January 4th, 2007 · 8 Comments

Did you have an amazing 2006? Did you set a Guiness World Record? I tried to upset the Frosted Cupcake in Freefall record but failed (I only ate 47).
BUT…
I think I had a pretty good year and I wanted to share some highlights, tools and tricks that keep me going and hopefully can be [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy · Random · Tech Talk · Work · e-books

Holiday Baking Kama Sutra

December 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment

My post-a-day is coming to a close, as is the Menu for Hope - can we push the donations past $50,000 in these last two days? Bidding closes at 6PM-PST tomorrow (Cali time, baby).

Here’s a post listing all the internationally-shippable prizes. Notice mine’s on the list (EU15) but make sure you check with your country’s [...]

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Tags: Food · Holiday · Italy · Work

Creative Cost-Cutting: the Company Christmas Party

December 14th, 2006 · No Comments

[Tour del Gelato] Three more posts for the Tour del Gelato have been added to the blogroll page!!! Keep ‘em coming!
[Menu for Hope] A Menu for Hope has raised over $15,000 so far! But I can tell you that several prizes (including mine, code EU15) have very good chances for you to win! So donate [...]

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Tags: Italy · Work

Hijacking the Holidays: Having my Halloween

November 1st, 2006 · 5 Comments

Yahoo had me in its clutches today for about 12 hours for the “Dia de lo Blog Muerto” where my blog was completely unaccessible for most of the day. Ha. Really funny. Not.
It’s Day 1 of Nanowrimo. They must have the same problem as Yahoo as their site has also not been accessible. And I [...]

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Tags: Holiday · Italy · Work

Birthday Aftermath: Goofs and Spoofs

October 15th, 2006 · 10 Comments

[Beauty Ad] Interesting ad from Dove Real Beauty showing what models go through from morning-face start to Photoshop finish. The photoshop editing at the end is the scariest part.
[Make a sign] Thanks to Beth from Shenanigans, I was able to torture Sante by making him a McDonald’s sign proclaiming him to be employee of the [...]

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You Learn Quickly, Grasshopper

June 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment

It’s summer, I should be dieting. When I get around to it, I will use one of these two online calorie-counters: Calorie Count | Fitday
In case you want to see if an author you like is blogging or want writing tips from other authors, check out Authors’ Blogs. (Note: this is opt-in so it’s [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Italy · Work