Anyone who knows me is aware of what an avid sports fan I am. I will wait for you all to stop laughing. Ahem. Let me rephrase. Anyone who knows me is aware that a)I take “heads up” literally, and I get hit in the face with the ball and my glasses break, b)The extent […]
Dear Pineapple Upside Down Cake That My Mom Used To Make, As a kid, I loved eating you. I loved that my mom made your batter with pineapple juice, so you were very sweet. I loved the maraschino cherries in the centers of your pineapple rings. I loved your caramel-y goodness. In short, I was […]
Do you guys see those little puzzle pieces? Cool, huh? They’re pressed from either refined white, demerara or light brown sugar. The product is called Puzzles de Sucre. It is French and is produced by Can a Suc, whose tag line is “Le charme de l’instant cafe.” Roughly translated, “the charm of instant coffee.” Hmmm. […]
Scott’s mother passed away a couple of years ago, and because he is a dear and wonderful friend, he brought me a couple of her cookbooks after he and his siblings cleared out her house. When my own grandfather died, all I got was some old bath towels, so imagine my delight at this completely […]
No picture, folks. You’ll just have to let the description of the sauce paint the picture! Here is a little treat I used to whip up at one of the restaurants I worked at. We were always trying to find ways to add beer to our dishes, partly because the restaurant was a gastropub and […]
Here’s another one of those basic mixing methods that can really mess us up. Sure, it sounds like a day at the beach: Dry in one bowl. Wet in another. Wet on dry. Stir, stir, stir. Bake and hope for the best. But then, you pull out some sad old flat-topped muffins that look like […]
My chili never turns out the same way twice. And I don’t really want it to, either. I just find some cool meat at the store, buy a ton of fresh peppers, blend up some dried peppers in some beef stock, cook it all up and put it in my face. So, this time, I […]
In this corner, wearing the short, sandy trunks: CHOOOOOC-O-lit TAAArrrt! And in this corner, wearing the long, flaky trunks: AAAApul PIIIIEEEEEE! Pie versus tart; tart versus pie. What is the deal, exactly? I read a blog post the other day about a pie pan. My first thought was, rather rudely, “big deal,” as I listened […]
It’s official! I have received my first blog award from my Irish potato-lovin’ friend over at The Daily Spud! Yay! I didn’t have anything prepared for my acceptance speech, so I will just say: 1)thank you very much. 2)Hi, Mom. 3)I’m goin’ to Disneyland. 4) Thank you for noticing my fabulousness. Along with this award […]
Here’s kind of a funny thing. A couple of weeks ago, someone emailed me and told me that they were interested in becoming a pastry chef, but that someone told them they would have to be creative in order to succeed. They wanted to know if that meant they needed to be able to draw, […]
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