eclaire note: you’re in a for a treat, friends! my amazingly talented mom – the one who has inspired so many of my recipes and taught me so much about cooking and baking – offered to guest post her delicious olallieberry/blackberry cobbler, hopefully the first of many guest posts!! enjoy!

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hi friends! after a fun whirlwind trip through atascadero, santa cruz, vacaville, and maui (pics here), we’re back in seattle, missing our friends and family in california but happy to he home.

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tomorrow is my sister’s bday!! and to wish her a very special day, i’m finally posting a recipe for crepes – something she asked me to do a looong time ago. i’ve been meaning to make them since she asked, but this quarter was a killer and i ran out of steam to try new recipes. but now i’m done! one-half of my masters program is complete! and i knew it was time to turn my attention to the important things in life, like crepes.

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as promised in my last post, here’s the recipe for sourdough bread!

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this month’s vegetarian times included a whole section on making a sourdough starter from scratch. it’s a 72-hour process in which every 12 hours, half of the starter gets discarded and replenished with more lukewarm water and flour.

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