Happy Monday, readers! Maybe Mondays aren’t the happiest of days in the weekly line-up, but sometimes a little forced joy isn’t so bad. I have a few quick updates and a recipe to share with you, keeping it short and sweet. FIRST: I’m a finalist in a contest to win a most delicious trip to Seattle! CakeSpy [a
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Between recovering from a fantastic birthday and Thanksgiving weekend, tackling some big work projects AND the inaugural supper of Whiskey &a Salt Supper Club this weekend, life is crazed. Delicious and awesome but insane. So here’s a delicious and awesome recipe that was unearthed from my draft queue. It’s so good, I’ll post it without pictures AND out of season.
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Fall is quite possibly my favorite season. We have cider and pumpkins, candy and costumes, birthdays and cake [mine!], turkey and pie, big meals and warm homes. And for me, Halloween feels like the starting point of the fun. October 31st to January 1st passes in a blink of an eye, so why not start off the end of your
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I still remember the scene. It was the evening, because my father was home and cooking for the market. There was a giant pot of chickpeas on the back eye, simmering from dry, crunchy pellets to creamy goodness that would turn into hummus the next day. Chickpeas are easy, yet temperamental to cook. For the best flavor, simmer; don’t let
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I love a good challenge. Making recipes from an older cookbook, where oven temperatures, baking times, ingredient treatments are oft unmentioned, would be fit the bill. When I spied the Burwell General Store‘s Recipe Swap, I was game. This swap involves remaking recipes from the book “All-Day Singin’ and Dinner on the Ground.” Written in a time where all cookbook owners were more familiar
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This pity party weekend, I got bored of drinking my booze, so I’m eating it instead! [And I don't even care if this is a rather shoddy picture.] Actually, I was just inspired by Josielynne‘s #BHF11PP bourbon ice cream. Because I’m too pitiful to own an ice cream maker, I decided to make a sundae. Fortunately, my roommate baked brownies on Friday but
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…You just can’t stop! In the history of cute desserts, cake pops are the newest thing to cross my radar. Bakerella was the blogger to bring these fun creations to internet fame. A few friends made cake pops for different reasons lately, and I couldn’t get them out of my head. Around come my friend Christina‘s surprise 30th birthday party.
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