Lemon-fest week rolls on. Remember when Jan Brady rubbed lemon on her face to get rid of freckles? That has nothing to do with this recipe, I’m just wondering if you remember. _________________...
It’s Lemon-Fest week! Every year I take advantage of the over abundance of lemons and post lemon recipes all week. Check out 2009, 2010 & 2011. Yikes, this is the fourth year! ____________...
I’m sorry to say I’m not a big fan of frosted cookies and when people buy cookie cutters they think that’s the only option. Not the case! There are lots of ways to make cookies deco...
Cecil Castelucci is a friend of mine, rock star, Hunger Games tribute, awesome person and a prolific writer. She’s written many YA books and is well known for her comic The P.L.A.I.N. Janes. No...
Sure, mochiko chicken is a Hawaii plate lunch staple, but by adding furikake you take it to a whole other flavor level! Salty, sweet, with a little crunch – it makes a great party appetizer. Th...
My friends have the best ideas. What else would a bunch of geek girls do on a weekend in May, but have a real live Hunger Games party? My friends Amy, Autumn and Sarah planned the whole thing –...
Thor – God of Thunder, son of Odin, brother of Loki…ruler of chocolate? I’ve already made Captain America apple hand=pies, Hulk ice cream sandwiches and Iron Man pizza hand pies, no...
This weekend the Supahcute Dream Team art show opened up at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland in Eagle Rock. It was a curated show of absolute adorableness by the one and only Hana of the Supacute blog. ...
Strolling the weekly Farmer’s Markets provides a lot of inspiration for me and right now you can’t miss the abundance of Blood Oranges. Seemingly normal on the outside, when you cut into ...
Light and citrus-y this frosting is the perfect accompaniment to Blood Orange cupcakes. The tint is quite subtle despite the ‘bloody color’ of the oranges. ingredients: 8 ounces mascarpon...
This is something that’s been in the works for a while and now that the issue is out, I can finally talk about it! Food Network magazine approached me and to say I’m excited is an underst...
This is something that’s been in the works for a while and now that the issue is out, I can finally talk about it! Yep, that’s my Shave Ice Cupcake on the cover of Food Network Magazine!!...
Tres Leches means three milks and yes, there are three different types of milk in the cake. Lactose intolerants, maybe look elsewhere today. Tres Leches is a sponge cake, drowned in three different k...
This will cook all day and your house will smell like gingery flava. This is a nice weekend meal that you can cook while relaxing. Don’t lift a finger. ingredients: 2 lbs pork butt 1 small onio...
Hard to believe but it was one year ago this week that I released the O.G. comic cookbook! For the release we had a signing at one of my fave LA places – Royal T (which is sadly going to be clo...
Free Comic Book Day is an annual event where the first Saturday in May your local comic book shops give away comics all day for FREE! It’s a way to get new readers into the store and interested...
Today is May 4th. MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. That’s right, it’s Star Wars Day! I have a lot of Star Wars recipes on this blog from Princess Leia cupcakes, Han Solo in carbonite Jell-o, S...
This Saturday is not only Cinco de Mayo, but also Free Comic Book Day! When comic book stores across the country hand out free comics to fans of all ages. I will be at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beac...
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! While you should appreciate them year ’round, this week we like to do a little something extra. These muffins and a cup of coffee will show your teacher ho...
Cinco de Mayo is coming up! Here are some deeelish recipes to help celebrate! Flautas (recipe here) Stewed Beef Tacos (recipe here) Mexican Chicken Soup (recipe here) Horchata Cupcakes (recipe here)
With the release of the Avengers this week let’s take a look back at some of the Baby’s lunches using his favorite lunch box and see What Would IRON MAN eat? King’s Hawaiian Rainbow...
Once in a while the Kid likes to help make dinner which really comes in handy when I have a lot going on. Granted some of these components had to be done ahead by me – but still the setting of ...
Recently Nerdmelt at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood hosted a Nerdist Writers Panel – a brilliant series featuring great LA writers in the business discussing writing and what inspires them –...
And the winner of the Earth Day giveaway from BBC Home Entertainment is… Patricia Crowley April 19, 2012 at 7:47 pm Wonderful giveaway!! These would be so educational! Congrats – send me ...
Like most 6 and 8 year olds, my kids *love* Skylanders. It’s a fantastically intuitive game that uses a ‘portal’ which allows the kids to change characters by placing different toys...
April 22 is Earth Day and to celebrate I made polar bear cupcakes! Polar bears are furry, cute…and endangered. There are only 20,000 – 25,000 polar bears worldwide! The global population ...
The kids and I decided to make polar bear cupcakes to celebrate Earth Day. Just like polar bears, these are white, fluffy and endangered – because they were eaten up immediately! ingredients: w...
We got to see a special screening of Disney’s Chimpanzee (recap here) and it got me thinking of allll the ape-like things I’ve made. The movie was super sweet and family oriented. Any of ...
Two things my friend Christy loves: Battlestar Galactica…and chocolate. She had an amazing birthday party (Replica of the ship out of chocolate? Cylon pinata?? recap here) and as I always, I co...
Biscoff cookies (aka Speculoos) is a carmalized biscuit and it used to be the little snack that you’d get on airplanes. Nowadays you can find Biscoff everywhere. The overabundance of it in my p...
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