Well happy birthday to me! Yesterday was my 28th birthday. And I know I said I wouldn’t be back until August, but Tania mentioned the other day on Twitter that she was making blondies, and well.. they sounded so damn good, I had to make some myself. So here we are with some Debbie Harry […]
**I temporarily, just for this week suspended my Military Monday post, because two posts in one day would negate the solitary & somber purpose of the MM posts, and the Daring Baker’s posts have to be posted on the 27th. The Military Monday posts will resume next Monday! For now, view the archives. Also, this […]
Yes, you can has! Okay so I think white rice is one of those things people make and don’t really think about. Everyone just follows the usual 2-1 ratio of water/rice and makes it just the way it says on the bag. And usually, unless you’re making it in a rice steamer, it comes out […]
Credit goes to Flickr user Happiness in a bite .. Another Military Monday, with delicious red, white and blue cupcakes provided by Flickr user Happiness in a bite. If you’re curious about Military Monday, please go back to the first post I made and read about it. This is an especially sad Military Monday post- […]
Every Christmas since I can remember and probably long before that, my mother has made 7-Layer Magic Cookie Bars, and now I do as well. Those are more of a wintery, cold weather treat because they’re heavy, with the condensed milk and all, and sticky so eating them in warm weather would be very irritating […]
Patriotic cupcake by Crumbs Bake Shop! .. This week’s Military Monday has a cupcake by Crumbs Bake Shop. Crumbs Bake Shop featured this beautiful red, white and blue cupcake for the 4th of July this year. Go to their site, look at their amazing cupcakes and sweets (they have a cupcake named the ‘Artie Lange’! […]
Awhile back, in a post I mentioned the Adopt-A-Blogger program that was going on, and introduced you all to my blog-adoptee, a.k.a. my “blog daughter,” Amanda at Is This Thing On? Remember that? If not please go back and re-read it. You may be quizzed on this. Amanda in her cap & gown! She recently […]
I was going through some old magazines in the drawer of my mom’s coffee table and happened upon 3 old Bon Appétit‘s, two from 2000 (July and September) and one from 2001 (March). In addition to how different the magazine was then compared to now (it was much thicker then, but I think it had […]
Credit goes to Flickr user sfophoto .. Happy 4th of July, or Independence Day to all my fellow Americans. I avoided a specific 4th of July post on Saturday or yesterday because I thought it more appropriate to wait until Military Monday to do so. I also deviated from my usual patriotic cupcake pictures to […]
So my mom wanted a flourless chocolate cake for her birthday this year, which is fine, and I’ve made two of them and have like 25 more recipes for variations on that theme (some with liqueurs, some with fruit topping, etc). But when it came down to it I wanted to do something different. And […]
I'm Marilla. A 30-something artist, hobby baker, home canning enthusiast, gardener, DIY-er, wife, mommy of a baby boy and dog mom (to another baby boy) from New York. 
