You probably have never heard of Seward’s Day. I had never heard of it until a few days ago when I was looking for odd holidays that happen in March (like Girl Scout Day on March 12th or Make Up Your Own Holiday Day on March 25th). One of those odd holidays was Seward’s Day, which celebrates [...]
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Many of you are already aware of the Main Teen Room‘s AWESOME Art Club which meets every Wednesday from 3 pm to 5 pm. But did you know that beginning this month, on the second Wednesday of every month we’ll be offering a different food related craft at Art Club? Instead of getting creative with [...]
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I don’t know about you but I’m fending off left over Halloween candy and cookies well into November. And with a few of the biggest gastronomic events of the year still on the horizon I’m doing my best to keep it cool with the calories. It’s not easy. I love to cook and eat, and [...]
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Greetings, Pittsburgh Teens! I’m blogging live from the Pennsylvania Library Association’s conference in sunny State College, PA! While away from home, I tend to eat too much “road food,” such as cajun fries with ranch dressing, milk shakes, and onion rings. So in the spirt of eating junky road food, I present this collection of short [...]
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If you haven’t read this poem already, there’s a 80% chance you would have come across it in your life without me posting it here today. It’s a classic: This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they [...]
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Summer heat getting you down? Can’t tolerate dairy, or are you living a vegan lifestyle and wishing for ice cream? I’ve got some ideas. I can’t tolerate dairy and boy do I miss ice cream during the hot summer months! I found some great recipes, and honestly I don’t miss the dairy, they are that great! [...]
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Last night when I started brainstorming for this blog post I had no idea what to write about. So I got distracted and started thinking about what I wanted for dinner, which after a late night at work, tends to be pizza. I have only lived in Pittsburgh for a few years and still have [...]
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I love Summer! And I love the fact that I can go out into my back yard and pick the food I will eat. My garden basically is just salad ingredients: lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, basil and the one and only veggie that people don’t usually put into salads; zucchini. I bet you can [...]
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Ok, this is a must try. OMG! Print this out, or do whatever it takes, then run out and get the ingredients so you will be able to slurp this down. You will thank me for it. Really. I found this recipe from Tasty Kitchen, and then adapted it slightly. (They call for melting some [...]
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I don’t know about you, but this warm Spring-ish weather has me thinking about food. Like most people I look forward to each new season for lots of reasons, but this year the one thing that has me most excited is all the new ingredients that will be popping up soon in the grocery store [...]
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