July 2008

Creamy no-cook mints.

Remember when people used to call things ‘mint‘? “Thats a mint car, dude.” “That jacket is mint!” I don’t remember when it stopped exactly, but probably around the same time as ‘radical.’ Now I’m sure people somewhere still do use ‘mint’ in that way, as is shown by the Urban Dictionary. Just not around here. […]

Shrimp Po’ Bubba’s… or Po’ Arwyns.

I love shrimp. I could eat it all day I think. I’m partial to fried shrimp, though. Fried in any capacity: tempura, beer batter with tartar sauce, shrimp parmigiana, coconut shrimp, etc. Arwyn (my cat) also loves shrimp. She’s not really as picky as me though- she likes any kind of shrimp. She eats around […]

chocolate | cinnamon | coffee | cupcakes | recipe

“Grown-up” mocha cupcakes.

I have no idea why these are called “grown-up” mocha cupcakes. I don’t know why a chocolate cupcake would be considered grown-up in any way, really, it just seems like an oxy-moron to me. But I suppose because this one has coffee and cinnamon in it its supposedly more adult. I still think a grown-up […]

More birthday!

Last night I got another early birthday gift. This time, it was my MAIN gift.. and it was from Jay. Each December (Christmas) and July (both our anniversary AND my birthday- poor guy) I harangue the man so much about what he got me it’s practically unbearable. I ask for hints, dimensions, weight, etc. until […]

Chocolate chip scones.

When I went to F.I.T. the D Building lobby had a little coffee bar/snack booth type deal that sold coffee (obviously), bagels, rolls, juice, etc. Sometimes cookies and brownies as well. They also, if you were lucky, had scones. I loved the chocolate chip scones. I don’t like cranberry scones or plain scones. But the […]