How Brian L. Patton Lost Weight, Got Healthy, And
Became The Sexy Vegan

post from Blisstree | Nutrition, Healthy Recipes and Fitness » EAT on 13 April 2012 10:00:20 AM. © Blisstree | Nutrition, Healthy Recipes and Fitness » EAT

Brian L. Patton is not a sexy vegan the way that PETA presents sexy vegans. He doesn't, for example, wear a lettuce bikini. No, Patton is the Sexy Vegan, a joke that started when, after making the switch to a plant-based diet, he started a YouTube series for his friends, which featured him cooking easy vegan recipes. Now, what started out as a plan to lose some weight and make people laugh has turned into a cookbook--and a new philosophy on health. More »

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Waiting to exhale.

post from The Cutting Edge of Ordinary on 13 April 2012 08:21:57 AM. © The Cutting Edge of Ordinary

I carry this big to-do list around in my head every day
Each and every hour of the day
It?s always there
It keeps me awake at night
It forced me to be obsessive about list making
About crossing things off
A scratched off word
Erased in my head
More to fill its space

Sometimes I wonder if that space will ever be full
Will there come a time when those spaces will fill up with something other than what needs to be done?
What to pick up at the grocery store
What needs to be done in the yard
The garden
The house
My life

I don?t want time to rob me of the things I want to do
To take more photos
Make more pies
Read more books
Plant
Create
Connect
Live

Will there be a day when I?m free of the ?to-do?s??
When the ?cant?s? are replaced by the ?yes you cans??
When my mind will finally take a rest
and let the rest of me breathe?

I'm waiting to exhale.

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Time to Read: A Year in Provence

post from famfriendsfood on 13 April 2012 08:21:48 AM. © famfriendsfood

I've got a book for you to dig into as the weather becomes warmer and the idea of living where you vacation might be appealing...

A Year in Provenceby Peter Mayle can only be described as a delightful story. Through the course of one year, the writing makes you feel as though you are experiencing the trials and tribulations of buying a 200 year old home in Provence and trying to renovate it while enjoying a revolving door of guests.

As any book that would appeal to a foodie would do, the story begins with a fabulous meal to mark the new year in their new home. As the year progresses, and the work on their home starts-stops-starts-stops-starts and eventually gets finished, Peter Mayle and his wife learn to love and appreciate food and wine as much as the French do.

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Peanut crepes with dulce de leche filling

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Greek Food Gazette 13/04/2012

post from Kalofagas - Greek Food & Beyond on 13 April 2012 07:13:49 AM. © Kalofagas - Greek Food & Beyond

Cretan olive oil wins Prague tasting competition Four Greeks were passengers on the Titanic The Akrotiri archaelogical site in Sanotorini has reopened The unique and Greek spice mastiha is beginning to appear in recipes beyond Greek cuisine New wine bar[...]

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100!

Happy Friday!

Also - this is my 100th post! Let's not pay any mind to the fact that this is a milestone that took me only about, ohhhhh, three and a half years to reach. I realize I should mark it with a proper, awesome post, but how 'bout, instead, I talk about a bunch of random stuff?! Deal.

Work has been absurdly busy lately, so I don't have time to get a proper post up, but I wanted to pop in with some things that have been helping me keep my sanity over the past few weeks.

Mean Girls of Panem (and the Hunger Games in general)

You guys, I have never been a real fanboy of a pop culture phenomenon like this before. Potter, Twighlight and the like - never got into them. But I am seriously obsessed with the Hunger Games. And I know that it's bad because I am in no way ashamed to admit it.

I surprised even myself with how quickly I devoured the books. Phenomenal literature they are certainly not, but they fulfill their intended purpose quite well. I picked Catching Fire up and did not put it down until I finished it six hours later. I finally saw the movie last weekend during a brief respite from work (my initial plans to see it the Sunday night of opening weekend were derailed by my presence in the office). I fully intend on seeing it again. Yep, I don't know me either.

I could while away the hours on various Hunger Games Tumblrs like a fourteen year old (though thankfully work sets hard caps on the amount of time I have to do this). Mean Girls of Panem is particularly engaging. One of those great time-suckers is Mean Girls of Panem, which layers quotes from Mean Girls over stills from the Hunger Games (to various degrees of success). Enjoy.

(source)Rangers Playoff Hockey

Looking forward to the Blueshirts playoff run, which got off to a nice start last night.

Photo a Day April

I haven't taken part in any of the past Photo a Day Instagram challenges, but I decided to give April a go. The little project to find something to snap every day has proved rather therapeutic.

Text from Dog

I love this concept and the British-ness. Pretty much on par with how I imagine dogs' thought processes work, or at least the awesome ones.

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Amanda Hesser of Food52 on the Future of Food Writing

In an article directed to aspiring food writers, Amanda does swift work of outing the realities of the theoretically glamorous world of food writing. I never personally imagined it to be all butterflies and rainbows, but she raises some very interesting points about the future of the form. Thoughts?

Also, This Guy:

Robbie, my favorite

Any other sites or distractions to help me keep my sanity?

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