{"id":4796,"date":"2011-05-18T09:09:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T17:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2011-05-18T09:09:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T17:09:47","slug":"partner-in-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=4796","title":{"rendered":"Partner in Food…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I celebrated my girlfriend Kristen’s birthday on the blog last year with birthday oatmeal<\/a>… has it really been over a year since I started this food blog?\u00a0Wow… I missed my April 26th Blog Anniversary and everything.<\/p>\n

Kristen gave me a gift certificate for cooking classes<\/a> last year for my birthday and we have been on the go ever since.\u00a0More than a dozen cooking classes later… VIP passes to the Top Chef Tour in San Francisco<\/a>, day trips to Wine and Roses<\/a>\u00a0in Lodi and High Hand<\/a> Nursery and Conservatory in Placer County… Farmer’s market runs, gourmet market research and shopping trips, NYE party planning<\/a>, new restaurant finds,\u00a0\u00a0mobile food truck tweet-ups<\/a> and the SactoMoFo<\/a> event… I’m sure I’m leaving a bunch out. Kristen has been so supportive of my food blog – reading, leaving daily comments, finding new recipes for me to try… I can’t thank her enough for the continued encouragement and friendship.<\/p>\n

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Friendship like that deserves cupcakes.\u00a0Even though we\u00a0had a cooking class last night – stay tuned for some incredible salmon recipes… I still managed to bake cupcakes to bring to work to celebrate Kristen’s birthday.<\/p>\n

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It’s completely normal to frost and decorate cupcakes at 5:45 a.m.\u00a0in the morning. The weather has been dreary and full of rain – so I had to wait until after 6:30 a.m.\u00a0to take photos in the backyard – it was just starting to rain. I was rockin’ my dog themed PJ bottoms, Uggs and a jacket – hotness times a 100.<\/p>\n

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I went with Betty Crocker SuperMoist French Vanilla cupcakes with fluffy white frosting and little pearls and candied white sugar. I am loving the new patterned foil cupcake liner options at grocery stores everywhere. I used to have to make special trips to party supply or craft stores – nice to see them on the shelves right next to other decorating supplies.<\/p>\n

I wish I had time to create\u00a0the cupcakes\u00a0from scratch – but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to fit within a busy working gal’s schedule.<\/p>\n

We are headed to a birthday lunch this afternoon to continue celebrating. Thank you Kristen for all of the blog love and support and for being a great friend. Cheers to many more blog outings and adventures over the next year and beyond.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday Kristen
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I celebrated my girlfriend Kristen’s birthday on the blog last year with birthday oatmeal… has it really been over a year since I started this food blog?\u00a0Wow… I missed my April 26th Blog Anniversary and everything. Kristen gave me a gift certificate for cooking classes last year for my birthday and we have been on … <\/p>\n

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