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Thanks to all of you who wrote in to share your inspirations in the kitchen! Jeremy, dog, and I went for a hike Sunday morning to scope out some gorgeous cross country ski trails for WHEN THE SNOW GETS HERE.

a pleasant walking trail

After the hike, I closed the comments at 216 entries (anyone who commented more than once had their comments compiled into one entry). Jeremy used his trusty python random number generator to give me 5 numbers: 62 – Mollie, 71 – Wentong, 87 – Nicole, 96 – Andrea, 137 – Linh. We then set up five dog kibbles in the great room with a corresponding number while Kaweah was detained in the office. At first I was worried that she’d make a beeline for the most visually obvious but…

my worries were unfounded

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You’ve still got time on the Fine Cooking giveaway because we were too busy to get to it today.

Today is our Smoochiversary or I’m Glad I Met You Day. We are celebrating sixteen years together!

We went down to Boulder and replaced our old toaster oven that is on the outs. And we went to do a little bit of shopping…

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Today is the last day to leave a comment on this post to enter the Fine Cooking giveaway. That’s right! A one-year subscription to Fine Cooking. Have a subscription already? No worries – add another year! Don’t live in the US? I’m flush enough to award an international subscription (but not much more flush than that, kiddos). Never heard of it before? You’re in for a wonderful surprise. If you haven’t left a comment yet, you have until midnight tonight. Kaweah can’t wait to pick the next winner.

dog in training

she doesn’t even break a sweat – she’s a professional…

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