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How I “drank” all weekend without drinking alcohol

By: Julienne January 28, 2025February 10, 2025

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I’m not drinking this month for personal reasons and it helps that a lot of other people aren’t drinking either because of Dry January. New habits are easier to do in a group, no? My younger self would have thought that no drinking means no going out – at least to bars, events, and even…

Tang Yuan Dreams

By: Julienne February 26, 2023

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A childhood memory of mine is sitting in the family room with a bowl of 2 – 3 glutinous rice balls, sometimes with a peanut filling, sometimes with black sesame, prepared by mom. As a child, my reference for it was that it was a dessert we ate that had something to do with the…

How to Make Miso Soup that Doesn’t Separate

By: Julienne January 29, 2021January 30, 2021

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I’ve recently had a newly developed love for miso. I think it’s thanks to becoming a subscriber to NYT Cooking. They have a lot of great recipes that use miso. It all started with these peanut butter miso cookies that caught my eye. Apparently they were a happy accident when someone ran out of peanut…

Our Great British Bake Off Draft 2020

By: Julienne January 5, 2021January 4, 2021

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Last year there were several key activities that helped to maintain my sanity. Like group watching Itaewon Class, my weekly tarot session with 2 other girl friends, and the draft I organized for the most recent season of the Great British Bake Off. Since all of us were newbs to participating in a draft, we…

Eulogy to Souplantation

By: Julienne May 7, 2020

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From the start of this year, none of us have been strangers to bad news. Today I found out that Souplantation, the beloved AYCE soup & salad chain is closing for good. I’m not exaggerating when I say the news almost brought me to tears. And yes, admittedly it’s been an even tougher past couple…