eclaire (what’s in a) name?

two years ago this week, i opened my laptop and began blogging about food, excited to share my favorite baked goods, dinners, breakfasts, and side dishes with all of you, my friends and family (and whomever else might stumble upon this website – hi, if that’s you! please leave me a comment and let me know you’re here!). since the inception of eclaire.name, back in july of 2008, i’ve posted 115 recipes. i have loved writing stories and anecdotes about where i found the recipes, and why i love to make the dishes.

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ok, disclaimer: i don’t really have an old favorite brownie recipe, so the title of this post is a bit of a misnomer. but this recipe, this amazing recipe, yielded the most delicious, fudgy, and scrumptious brownies that i’ve ever baked.

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you guys!! guess what i did today??!?!  zzzzzzz….oh, sorry about that, i dozed off for a second there. why i am i so sleepy? because mike and i woke up before 5am this morning so we could stand in line to get the new iphones!

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i don’t know what the weather is like in your neck of the woods, but here it’s been hot – so hot that we actually went for a refreshing dip in the freezing cold pacific ocean last weekend!

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ok, so picture this: it’s saturday morning. your kitchen is a mess. there isn’t much food around, just a few old brown bananas. you’re hungry, but you want something fast, so going out is not an option. you want something kinda healthy, but delicious – i mean, it’s saturday morning, after all!

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