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God Save the Cupcakes!

I know it’s officially “Christmas time” (or at least that’s what the retailers want us to believe), but humor me with this one non-X-mas related post, & then I promise you for the rest of the month it’ll be non-stop holiday hijinks. Last year, actually almost 2 years ago- early in 2010- my insanely talented […]

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Thankful.

I’ve been hearing about sweet potato cupcakes for a few years now. Retro Bakery in Las Vegas features a Candied Yam cupcake every Thanksgiving season, and seeing how I follow them on Twitter, I kinda salivate each time they’re pictured or mentioned. I don’t actually like sweet potatoes, but I do like sweet potato fries […]

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Military Monday.

Vintage patriotic Thanksgiving postcard … This is the last Monday before Thanksgiving. Please remember all our troops who won’t be home, having turkey. No matter what the reason. And if you’re feeling generous: ADOPT A SOLDIER · A CUP OF JOE (GREEN BEANS COFFEE) · LET’S BRING ‘EM HOME · USO OPERATION COMFORT · SOLDIERS’ […]

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Cupcakes made with brown butter & spice & everything nice.

Before I start in, I want to congratulate Polly for winning my giveaway & getting a copy of The Cookiepedia! Enjoy it! It’s an awesome book, and I’m sure you’ll get a lot of use out of it this baking season. Speaking of baking… So, I bought these really cute fall leaf sugar decorations & […]

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Chinese Apple-sauce.

Is it still appropriate (or P.C.) to call pomegranates Chinese Apples? Probably not. I’m not very “P.C.” anyway. I was politically incorrect before Bill Maher (well not really, actually, since he’s older than I, but you catch my drift). At any rate, it’s a pretty cute name for pomegranate sauce, which is what this is. […]

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Military Monday.

… This month is the month of one of the most important “family” holidays to Americans. Being that Thanksgiving is a time when we share our homes, meals & what we’re thankful for with friends & family, maybe this year you could share some warm thoughts with a U.S. soldier as well. It wouldn’t take […]

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Would you like some scones & tea? Some jelly? Some tea-jelly?

Now that Halloween is over, it seems like its a landslide right through the holidays. Although before the mad rush of December starts, & before the long cold winter sets in (blah), it’s nice to take advantage of the down time, lazy weekends & of course, the beautiful fall weather. It finally got here! We […]

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