Had I been born a lemon, I would aspire to be made into a luscious tart adorned with a crown of fluffy, toasted meringue. (And Id advise my lemon boyfriend to avert his eyes when one of those saucy l...
Ive been cheating on my favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe. *shh...* Looking back, Im quite the c.c. cookie swinger. Each new recipe brings with it promises of happiness, peace, and chocolate, an...
Dont ever go grocery shopping on an empty stomach. It makes you act like as though youve never had anything to eat before, and that the world is going to come to an end if you dont buy everything in ...
Remember when I said how much I dislike white chocolate? (No?) Thats good. Because I may be eating my words, literally... There is absolutely no reason why I should like this cake. Its extremely swee...
Im so bad. I make things with coconut too often. I make things with coconut, knowing that no one else will get as ridiculously excited about it as I do. I make things with coconut for purely selfish ...
Notice anything different? Why yes, my blog is wearing something new! And Id like to thank Steph Anne, of Yellow & Savvy, for designing the fabulous fresh, spring look. Up until now, Ive always u...
Summer is never subtle about its arrival. It always jumps out of a forgotten corner, on some deceivingly mild Tuesday morning, and throws shorts, skirts, and dresses at my pale legs. I dont like thin...
With the Kentucky Derby coming up this weekend, I had a valid excuse to create a recipe inspired by one of my favourite cocktails. I never watch the actual race because too many things can go wrong, ...
May has arrived! Granted it knocked on the door and let itself in though an open window when I didnt answer, but Im glad its here. I love this time of year. I love it so much, that I want to treasure...
Dear Friday,First of all, just let me tell you how beautiful you look in lilac and soft daffodil-yellow. (You should wear them longer, and more often.)Since we have always been close, I thought I cou...
Chocolate chip cookies are going through some sort of an identity crisis. I am not complaining. The classic cookies have an ongoing affair with several different ingredients. Theyre often caught in t...
Aside from making a killer Key lime pie, speaking with just about any accent, and completing the NY Times crossword puzzles with a pen, I have another random talent; Baaing like a sheep. Not a lazy, ...
My ability to write is still meandering around somewhere in an empty, massive void. (When it returns, it had better bring back socks, lots of socks.)My writing has always had the attention span of a ...
Sometimes I can write, and write...and write, until Im completely off topic and adrift in sea of topics ranging from food to the philosophy of love.Other times, I cant write one. Single. thing. When ...
Wishing Everyone a wonderful Holiday weekend! Here are just a few last-minute dessert ideas that encompass happiness, spring, and excuses needed to postpone that summer diet plan.In order from left t...
If humans could purr, wed surely do so after eating chocolate.When Niles was a kitten, he used to sleep on my chest at night. (Unlike me, he didnt seem to mind the lack of substantial cushioning.) I ...
This little food blog is 3 years old! I know that its technically called a Blogoversary, but I think "birthday" sounds much more festive, and I rarely go with the technical terms of anythin...
I know where the Whoopie comes from, its the latter part that confuses me. Why are these glorified sandwich cookies called "pies?" And does it really matter?No, no it doesnt.I pondered the ...
Dont you adore the poetic fact that a sliced lemon looks like the sun itself?Dont you just hate it when you cant come up with anything to write about?Sometimes my desire to be more open with my reade...
Since Thursday Ive been house-sitting (yay!) for someone who happens to have a Mac. (double yay, with a hint of jealousy lapping at the edges.) Whenever I see my food photos on a Mac, I immediately u...
"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." Hamlet (act 4, scene 5)So true. Although in this case, its less sorrow, more stress. Last week I chipped a tooth on a rog...
Guinness and chocolate. Who knew that these two star-crossed ingredients would make such a deliciously handsome couple?(I had an inking...barely more than a hunch, really.)Because I speak to the food...
The other morning as I was running and singing quietly to myself (so as not to strike terror into the ears of nearby woodland creatures), it finally dawned on me that I do indeed Love running. I used...
Welcome to March! Believe me, Im extremely happy that Spring is on its way, but because of the mild winter, it almost feels as though the warm weather hasnt been properly earned.Usually winter and I ...
For several years I worked at an amazing little coffee house, and despite the fact that I had to be up at 4:30am a few times a week, I didnt really mind the lack of sleep. It meant that I had first d...
Since its Oscar weekend, I was going to make an elaborate, glamorous dessert. Instead, I made cookies. Cookies which didnt even last long enough to see the bright spotlight of the weekend.Now Ill hav...
Do you have an unfounded fear of making Swiss meringue buttercream frosting? Please put that frobia to rest, because with a little stand-mixer stamina, it actually comes together quite beautifully.Wh...
I love recipes that bridge the gap between the sweet and savory worlds. For the past few years, bacon has been the ambassador of the savories, and chocolate has carried the torch for sweets. Ill neve...
When you were little, did you ever wish that you could "doctor" up your morning oatmeal? You know, toss in spoonful after spoonful of brown sugar, extra maple syrup, and some form of chocol...
As a child, I was obsessed with olives (and lemons, but that ship has already sailed). Left on my own, I would have spent my days in the sea, living solely on lemons, oranges, honey and olives. The f...
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