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Internet! I love you! There were plenty of funny and thought provoking things popping up around the web this week, here are a few of my favorites:

Polaroid cameras are back! And they're digital! Hope this is my Mother's day present (hint, hint, Hubs!)

If you aren't on twitter you might have missed this video: Eat it, Don't Tweet It.

Fancy Fast Food is an interesting, if not completely gross and wasteful, experiment in making bad food "fancy".

Adam Roberts wrote a great post asking Are Food Blogs Over?! What do you think? I like Roberts call for ground breaking in the form.

A cake of made with beans!   And this, this Carrot Ginger Elixir makes me want to go and buy a juicer.

This book arrived today and I can't wait to dig in as part of the Phenomenally Indecisive Book Club.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

{Feeding Baby}: Breast is Best

{I promise this is not the beginning of S&S turning into a baby blog or even a baby food blog; But in the interest of sharing everything I know/am always learning about food, I want to document my experiences in feeding Ella during her first year.}

During my pregnancy, I had a regular joke about breastfeeding - anytime someone asked if I planned to, I'd point to my {very, umm, blessed} chest and say "If I can't breastfeed - I'm gonna be mad at someone!" I never even imagined I would have trouble feeding my baby breast milk. But a few weeks ago, I quit giving Ella breast milk.

Twix-moa

TWIX - MOA!

Hmm, okay, so how can I explain this to you? 

A Twix-moa is like the love child of a Twix and a Girl Scout Samoa cookie. Or maybe it is a candy bar dressed up like a cookie. It might also be a cookie transformed into a candy bar. 

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remains of the snack. 

Our fridge went out this week. Yes, it was pretty terrible to have to throw out a bunch of groceries, but, hey, now both the fridge and freezer are clean!

Here are a few things I'm loving around the web this week:

The combination of pollen and warmer weather we are experiencing in Atlanta right now can only be combated with a lovely drink like this Sweet N' Spicy from Eat, Make, Read

John and Sherry finished up their kitchen remodel over at Young House Love. Opening up that wall did wonders for the space, but I'm loving the penny tile and industrial style stools the most.

It was reassuring to read Virginia's post on The State of Cookbook Publishing, ya know, because I like having a job and all.

Favorite new to me food blog of the week: Food Plus Words. These Whiskey Oatmeal Pies are totally on my "to-bake" list now.

On my "to-make-then-consume-in-mass-quantities list": Chihuahua Mac and Cheese from Scarletta Bakes. This is my favorite line from the post and I think it pretty much sums up my week:

"I personally have never heard of a Mac & Cheese Deficiency, but assuming it exists, I’ve been suffering something fierce."

How about you, how was your week?  What's cooking this weekend? 


Happy Friday!


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Welcome to the ides of March, it's strawberry season; Here are some things worth reading, viewing, and eating from the week of March 12:

Irvin Lin's post on Google Plus for Food Bloggers caught my attention, so I joined Google + . I already Tweet, Tumble, Facebook, and Pin, so I'm not sure how there will be time for much else.

The piece on Cookbook Ghostwriters  from the NYT got a little backlash on Twitter. Regardless of whether you consider yourself a writer or an author, its be nice to see recipe developers get a little more credit - even if its on an acknowledgement page in the very back of the book. For the record - I'm not complaining - I've certainly been given credit where due and am fortunate to have good work relationships.

THIS VIDEO is an absolute must watch (dice = dice, c'mon!) and for a laugh this one too.

Go read Tami's post about Silence, Spring and Strawberries and then make her cake.

This weekend is a busy one, but I'd like to squeeze in a field trip to this place. Hmm a fried chicken field trip...

Happy Friday everyone!

Little Biscuit

In case you missed the tweets and the constant instagram updates, we welcomed Ms. Ella Jean Splawn into the world on January 8th. She weighed a healthy 7 pounds 15 ounces and measured 21 inches. She is far and away the very best thing I have ever baked.

I will be heading back to work full time this week, so I expect it will be some time before regular posting resumes. Thanks for your patience.