Cheesecake adventures
Not baking yet, just plotting. I have a friend coming to visit from Boston in a couple of weeks. It’s a trip out, for her birthday, she and another friend are flying west, we’re going up to Canada to...
View ArticleChristmas dessert
I like to cook ahead where I can, when I know there’ll be a lot of oven usage in a single day. So since tomorrow will be busy enough with making dinner, even just for two (E decided she wanted ham for...
View ArticleBlackberry balsamic = heaven… and cheesecake adventures, completed
While my friends from out of town were visiting, we took them on a small “tourist tour” of Seattle, and that of course included a stop at Pike Place Market. While there, trying not to spend all my...
View ArticleMail-order cookbooks…
Normally I’m not one too go for the “buy mail-order stuff from us and we’ll give you a cheap introduction and then you just have to buy lots more later” deals. But… one popped up in my e-mail recently...
View ArticleLong time, no post…
I don’t even have a brilliant excuse for not being around. Just been busy. New job and moving, mostly. That whole “reality” thing. But recently, I’ve been rediscovering my relationship with food in...
View ArticleSeafood soup… strange form of comfort food.
I’ve been working out this whole new diet thing, and it’s still causing problems, but it’s getting easier. Today was gloomy, kind of cold, your typical day in western Washington, and I was having a...
View ArticleIn case anyone wonders why I hate PETA…
I’ve always — even over the years as a idealistic teenager that I was a vegetarian — viewed PETA as a terrorist organization. I know, it’s not kosher (hmm, how many buzzwords can I throw into a single...
View ArticleNow this is what I call playing with your food
It’s been a quiet morning at work — for once, this week!! — and I’ve been surfing the interwebz. In my searching for things to entertain me, I stumbled upon pimpthatsnack.com and I have to say, I’m...
View ArticleOf cupcakebobs, vampire kitties, and 1am trips to Walmart
Five types of cupcakes. Five frostings. Six hours in the kitchen. Four hour drive. Two days of crazy. One party. That sums up the couple days prior to, and the weekend itself. It all started a few...
View ArticleI fail at blogging, but I bring cookies!
In my attempt to keep blogging more often, I joined up with the Daring Bakers/Daring Cooks challenges. And promptly, failed to blog in Oct with having participated in both challenges. Go team me! So,...
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