Everyone is familiar with Shepherd’s Pie. If you’re Irish, then you definitely know Shepherd’s Pie. It’s classic pub food. The original name is “Cottage Pie.” Cottage pie refers to an English meat pie made with beef mince and with a crust made from mashed potato. A variation on this dish using Lamb mince is known […]
Month: January 2010
brown sugar | chocolate | cupcakes | nut (flavor) | peanut butter | recipe
Delicious little football-hating peanut butter cupcakes.
Let me just say this now and get it over with: I hate football. I’m probably going to get some shit for this, but really, I don’t give a flying pigskin. I despise it with every fiber of my being. I’ve never liked any sports much; let alone organized games in gym class (yes, I […]
Pretty little mini-cheesecakes from the Hungry Cook … This week I went back to my original theme for the Military Monday posts, a red, white & blue dessert or food item. If you have any that you’d like me to feature, then please e·mail me at cupcake.rehab@gmail.com and send me a photo or two, tell […]
Poster promoting Victory Gardens during World War I, courtesy of the National Archives … A few weeks ago I was perusing the internet and stumbled upon these cool vintage posters from the National Archives, depicting ways to ration food during WWI. Usually I post pictures of “patriotic” (read: red, white & blue) food/baked goods , […]
almond | cupcakes | frosting | I love... | nuts | white chocolate
Frau Marilla’s Alpenblume Weiße Schokolade Kleine Kuchen!
White chocolate is my favorite kind of chocolate. Good white chocolate, that is. Bad white chocolate can taste chalky or plastic, or worse yet, oily, because it’s made from inexpensive solid or hydrogenated vegetable and animal fats, and is usually white instead of the characteristic cream color of “real” white chocolate. Some people don’t consider […]
I love macaroni & cheese. Who doesn’t, really? What’s not to like? It’s pasta, and cheese. So I’m always on the lookout to create variations on the “mac-n-cheese” theme. I’ve made two different kinds that have been huge successes, both of which are posted on here. But there’s always room for more! So I combined […]
Poster promoting the rationing of food during World War I, courtesy of the National Archives … As I said last week on Military Monday: I found these amazing WWI ration posters on the internet, and seeing has how it has to do with food & the war, I thought I’d use them for awhile in […]
broccoli | cheese | food | onion | recipe | savory | vegetables
Broccoli pies a la Brianne.
Let’s get one thing straight: me and broccoli, we’re like this *holds two fingers together* We’re BFF‘s. When I was a baby, I ate so much broccoli with cheese my parents were afraid I’d turn into the Jolly Green Giant. Then I went through a rebellious phase of “I won’t eat anything green unless it’s […]
Poster promoting the rationing of food during World War I, courtesy of the National Archives … I found these amazing posters on the internet, and seeing has how it has to do with food & the war, I thought I’d use them for awhile in my Military Monday posts. Usually I post photos of patriotic […]
Also, the first post from my new pink Dell laptop, which I have named June Carter. An odd name for a laptop, perhaps, but there’s a reason. When it was shipped, it shipped out of Nashville, TN and when I heard that, the first thing I thought of was Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. […]
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. 
