I am loving this cake decorating thing, people. For those of you who don’t know me well, you may or may not be surprised to learn that I got my degree in Art/Art History and English. (Stop Giggling. It’s a real degree.) Even Jon, Mr.Negative, Mr. HeheHaHa of My Degree offered up this bit of […]
Not since purchasing Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours have I loved a cookbook as much as I am loving Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I find myself reading it, as I would a novel. It sits beside my bed when it isn’t being abused in the kitchen. I think about it […]
Of course, I have a Tweet to thank for introducing me to the greatest online invitation source-so fancy, elegant & well done you can’t even believe it-so I thought I would share it with you, too…Paperless Post! Click the Stamps to Register, you’ll LOVE it! (This post was One Sentence Posting, dreamed up by NancyO. […]
Thank the Lord a recipe as simple and uncomplicated as Brownie Buttons was the recipe choice for this week’s Tuesdays With Dorie. After a week of cake baking, competitions, golf tournaments, getting up at 430 to shop in North Carolina and friends moving back to town, my butt was TIE-YARD. To open up my Baking: […]
On Saturday, in between the time I dropped off my Competition Cake (more on that in another post) and the time they announced the winners (of which I WAS, yippee!), I took myself to see Julie & Julia. If you are a Foodie (and you probably are, if you are reading this post) you will […]
Whodda thunk it? Me, who could barely turn on the oven 15 months ago, would be paid to bake and decorate a cake? I certainly wouldn’t have believed it. And yet, earlier this week, I was contacted by a lady who heard i could probably do it…that is, bake and decorate a cake for her […]
Okay. So, yes, the internet is faster. Email rocks.Twitter is genius. But there’s nothing like opening your actual MAILBOX and finding a letter. Ugly envelope or gorgeous stationary, I love getting a letter. And apparantly, lots of YOU do, too. So, I have set up a Mr.Linky here at the bottom of this post. Sign […]
It seems to me that the Blogosphere has recently blown up, anticipating the arrival of the movie Julie & Julia (and by Blogosphere, I mean us Foodie Types. I doubt the Emo kids or Political Blogs have really jumped on the culinary arts bandwagon.) I, too, have jumped on. I bought my copy of Mastering […]
How many of you assumed failure from the start? I mean, $100 to feed a family of 3 for 4 weeks does seem, well, outlandish. But guess what? We did it! When starting this project, it was my goal to try to use up lingering items instead of letting them go to waste, save a […]
Can you believe it? It’s Tuesday and I managed to actually participate in the Tuesdays With Dorie Recipe! Even more surprising..I had to buy nothing inorder to participate, which reallllly helps out with the end of my Penny Pinching Pantry Raid! Today is my last day, and we MADE it! With a couple of bucks […]
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. ——————————————————————————– Mallows(Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies) Recipe courtesy Gale Gand, from Food Network Prep Time: 10 min Inactive Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 10 min […]
Sorry for the boring post, we’ve been living. You know, work, play. Socializing, etc. I hope you have been too! I promise to be back here tomorrow with an interesting post…my Daring Bakers Challenge! Until then, here’s the scoop on the Pantry Raid… Day 25 Rundown: Spent $0. Thank goodness, right? Our new friends from […]