He encouraged me to apply to a lesser school.


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Sweet mother of crap, what the hell has he done to my house?” Why did you never tell him to stop d...
STACEY BALLIS
On the coffee table is a bottle of Madeira, a plate of dark chocolates, a bowl of tiny tangerines. H...
STACEY BALLIS
He opens a lower cabinet to reveal that it is a mini fridge, and brings over two plates that each ha...
STACEY BALLIS
Elliot, that was amazing." The meal has been spectacular. We started with a salad of fennel, golden ...
STACEY BALLIS
I hacked an old Crock-Pot and turned it into a sous vide machine, and did a turkey breast, and then ...
STACEY BALLIS
Andrea is coming to pick me up in about thirty minutes to head to her folks' house for Thanksgiving....
STACEY BALLIS
You are going to have to take the rest of these croissants to work with you, I cannot be trusted alo...
STACEY BALLIS
I love a lounging pajama."
You also love a marabou mule slipper and a satin robe with a train.<...
STACEY BALLIS
So," he explains. "Take the piece of bread, dip it in the olive oil and then in the spice and nut mi...
STACEY BALLIS
Brian orders us both Grandpa's Turtle Sundaes, a classic with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, caramel ...
STACEY BALLIS
Stirring the pastry cream and putting it in the blast chiller in the island, a total chefly indulgen...
STACEY BALLIS
Yep," I say, cutting a large slice of the Dutch Baby pancake and sliding it onto her plate along wit...
STACEY BALLIS
There are food stations around the room, each representing one of the main characters. The Black Wid...
STACEY BALLIS
Herman and I have been doing a lot of talking about the cake the past couple of days, and we think w...
STACEY BALLIS
Chicken and vegetable pakoras, chickpea fritters with delicate spices. Aloo samosas filled with spic...
STACEY BALLIS
Time to cut the cake, newlyweds." Caroline ushers us over to the sweet little two-tier cake, round a...
STACEY BALLIS
The only way the gender divide affected me was the social things the younger guy executives could do...
STACEY SNIDER
The natural evolution of a well-educated populus is integration. And this is not political; it's...
STACEY DASH
[The Asia Pacific region isn't the only hotbed of Linux activity. The Peruvian congress is consideri...
STACEY QUANDT
We as Eagles have come to know that without our children, there is no future. Being a mother I thank...
STACEY PURSLEY
As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride,...
STACEY D'ERASMO
The trouble with rules, though, is that you'll always be tempted to break one- for the right reasons...
STACEY KADE
I look over the recipe again. It sounds very simple. You boil some rice in water like pasta, I can d...
STACEY BALLIS
I grab the nonstick skillet, put it on the stove, and fetch four slices of bread from the breadbox. ...
STACEY BALLIS
My books - I kid you not - are very often shelved between DeLillo and de Sade. Which not only comple...
STACEY D'ERASMO
'The Girls' tells the story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, who are not only literally but spiritua...
STACEY D'ERASMO
Whether you're a bride or a birthday boy, your options are much the same. Cake comes in chocolate, y...
STACEY BALLIS
I looked down at my shoes. I hated it when I opened my mouth and my crazy fell out.
STACEY ROURKE
Liam's hash brown casserole can only be described as so over-the-top ridiculous I fear Paula Deen is...
STACEY BALLIS
Can I offer you a slice of this amazing caramelized white chocolate apricot brioche made by my favor...
STACEY BALLIS
RJ gets to work in the kitchen on the dinner he is preparing, allowing me to sous chef. He seasons d...
STACEY BALLIS
And what good is a voice when so few will listen?
STACEY JAY
I didn't know if it was possible to kick someone hard enough to knock the cocky out of 'em, but for ...
STACEY ROURKE
I couldn't deny it, I was smitten. I was in deep smit.
STACEY ROURKE
What is it?"
"It's a Thermomix."
"That crazy cooking-blender thing you were telling me abo...
STACEY BALLIS
I've been developing killer updated versions of things like Black Forest cake, now with bittersweet ...
STACEY BALLIS
Most tourists, having done some research on Chicago delicacies, order their Italian beef sandwiches ...
STACEY BALLIS
I pick up my teaspoon and take a small bite, and am transported. The cake is nutty and moist, the cr...
STACEY BALLIS
The cake is pretty simple; they didn't want anything too fancy. Two tiers. The bottom is the Frango ...
STACEY BALLIS
Naomi at TipsyCake is doing the cake, and it should be amazing."
"Mmm, cake. What kind of cake?...
STACEY BALLIS
Caroline made a steamed fig pudding with brandy hard sauce. Hedy and Jacob brought a platter of dens...
STACEY BALLIS
Relax, princess. If your prince arrives, I'll vacate. Just keeping you company. Besides, he should k...
STACEY BALLIS
I am her monster, and she is mine.
STACEY JAY
It was ugly, but we'll take it. I didn't think we played very well tonight, and we were terrible at ...
JOE STACEY
I'll be honest, there's not a team left on our schedule that I don't think we're capable of beating....
JOE STACEY
For whatever reason, we've played so much better on the road. I really can't explain it. It bothers ...
JOE STACEY
It's (the quick conference start) been great. We're thrilled about it. But there's still a lot of ba...
JOE STACEY
Well we were going to let them take the last shot. We were not going to man-to-man them because they...
JOE STACEY