This week Lyb of And then I do the dishes chose Chocolate Armagnac Cake – aka The Cake That Got Me Fired on pages 279-281 for our Tuesdays With Dorie baking extravaganza. I’m just gonna go ahead and say it now…I almost bailed here. Why, you ask?? Prunes. Dear God…Surely. You. Jest. Why in the […]
Weight, yes. But this post isn’t about that. It’s about what Good I have gained from being a blogger. I’ll admit that before I became a blogger, I didn’t get it. I mean, a blog is just a journal of sorts, thrown out there on the internet for anyone to see. A journal about Food. […]
I love being a Daring Baker. We are an ever expanding group of bakers that make it our mission to once a month step outside of our comfort zone and try something new…and dare I say it? – something daring. The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad […]
To keep myself in the habit of posting on a regular basis, I have decided to make Fridays my “Finds” day. Whether it be a fabulous new whisk, a cool hotel, a deal on a cruise, or an Etsy artist, I will feature it here, every Friday. For my first Friday Find, I am choosing […]
I rarely feature actual “food” here on the doughmesstic site…most often it’s baked goodies. But you know what? We eat here, too. In these tough economic times, I have managed to keep us all fed, and believe it or not, I don’t really even miss the weekly (well, more like 2 or 3 times a […]
This week Whitney of What’s Left on the Table chose Caramel Crunch Bars for our TWD recipe. I had been eyeing these goodies for quite a while, but never got around to actually making them until now. This was a relatively easy recipe – no sink full of dirty dishes, no chill time, wait time, […]
Typically, I am a bit surly. It does aggravate me, this surliness. Why must I be so difficult to deal with? I am not like this with everyone…mostly Jon. Which is stupid, I know…but he lets me get away with it and loves me anyway. So, in an effort to become a better 50’s wife […]
A brownie recipe with FIVE kinds of chocolate? Quintuple Chocolate Brownies. Seriously divine musings from the queen herself, Dorie Greenspan. Well, there is news on the DoughMessTic front. Remember the Cafe I used to bake for? Well, it died. Seriously….died died. As in, the owner put an obit in the paper. He was a strange […]
Yes, it says Virginians…not Virgins. That would be a waste of time. So why am I calling? Well, I think we Virginian Food Bloggers need to get together and form an alliance of sorts. It’s just a thought. I have tentatively set up a space online where we can have a blogroll to link to […]
Whoa. This week Stephanie of Confessions of a City Eater chose the cover photo recipe of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours….Devils Food White Out Cake. What a cake! I’ll be honest here – I wasn”t sure that this recipe could be THAT much better than a box. I mean, SO MUCH WORK. […]
And on a side note – Mr. Random Generator selected PheMOMenon as the winner of the See Kai Run Shoe Giveaway! Holly – email me your address and I will forward it on to the folks at SKR! Congrats and thanks to everyone for entering! Stay tuned for upcoming giveaways…I have some good ones forthcoming!
For this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie, Shari at Whisk: A Food Blog chose Floating Islands. You may not know Shari, but she is one creative lady and tears up the food blogging world. She once (or twice) made cookies in coin wrappers. She made the World’s Tiniest Cakes in stolen ketchup cups. She’s the mastermind […]