Seven loves popsicles. And according to Jon, rightly so. If I’ve heard the story of my pregnancy popsicle eating habits once, I’ve heard it a million times. It was HOT, Jon. YOU try carrying around an entire person in your stomach in late July and August and see how hot YOU get. Okay, let’s move […]
I love surprises. Well…good surprises. Surprises like emails from out of the blue, a couple of weeks before a reception, and I am actually able to do another cake. Like this one. With a bride that says go for it. Having gotten married already, but now having a reception at home, this bride was wanting […]
I’m not French. As if you were wondering. French women are born knowing how to pin their hair up just so, fold butter into dough, dress in crisp fashion, and stay thin while consuming vats of wine and cheese. I am definitely NOT French. But, today is Bastille Day, and that IS French. Don’t ask […]
I n June, I was hired to make an unusual wedding cake – purple and yellow fondant, contemporary design, a little silver for bling, and fresh flowers to keep it toned down from being too modern. The bride and groom met with me a week before the wedding to firm up the final details. The […]
Last week I was greeted by the beautiful site of the Taste Magazine from the Culinary Institute of America. After a quick (okay, looong) look through it, finding too may classes I want to return to New York for, I found myself stuck on page 18. Chocolate Cherry Chunk Cookies. Something about the picture lured […]
When I was at the Culinary Institute, a couple of the restaurants we dined at served cornmeal yeast rolls. I haven’t been able to get them out of my head, in all this time. They were much like cornbread, but yeasty and smooth…I can’t describe it! All I know is that I HAD to try […]
Another weekend, another round of cakes! As I type this, I have just piped scads of royal icing on two tiers of hexagonal wedding cake, after a long two days of three other cakes. (Believe it or not, 2 of the other cakes were for one of my wedding cake brides in June – she […]
Sometimes you just need life to be a little easier. And sweeter. And be doused in liquor. This simple recipe for Limoncello Pear Sorbetto takes care of all of that, and is the perfect accompaniment to a Bertolli Dinner for Two. What could be easier than mixing up a few quick ingredients before you pull […]
It is SO hot this summer. Is it this hot every year? I tend to forget from year to year…maybe it’s always like this. No matter. It’s HOT. Which means – cooking indoors kind of, well, sucks. Therefore, we’ve been eating this Spinach Salad a lot lately. It’s so flavorful, and I never mind if […]
I’m pretty confident in saying this…Burpee Home Gardens is psychic. If they aren’t, well then, they’re some kind of geniuses, using their minds for the greater good, but of the vegetable growing variety. Perhaps we should get those brains trained on things like Homeland Security or the stock market and oil spills. We could use […]
According to the Weather Channel, it was in the mid-90s today. It felt hotter. Especially since I was delivering the massively tall wedding cake to an unairconditioned tent, in what felt like 100% humidity. However, the setting was gorgeous – an amazing white tent with bursts of yellow throughout, paper lanterns hung from the draped […]
You may recall last month when I live blogged the making of two wedding cakes in one weekend. I posted the results from the Hexagonal wedding cake, but this one, the Contemporary Cake for Nicole and Josh – well, I needed to wait. Why? Because of Laura’s Focus Photography. It’s a privilege to have Laura […]