Hey all! It’s week 13 of Think Outside the Blog, can you believe it? Thirteen weeks flew by. Original photo & poster credited to MEANDTHIS. I’ve been absent a few weeks, but things have been a bit crazy around here. Between the holidays, then trying to catch up with blog stuff, a mini-vacation & […]
Month: January 2013
anise | beverage | cardamom | cinnamon | coffee | ginger | quick & easy | recipe | spices | syrups & infusions | traditional with a twist
Spice up your life!
In just a few short days, February will have arrived. The winter is far from over, of course, but with February comes the new onslaught of holidays: Valentines Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Passover, etc, etc, etc. Before you know it, websites & blogs will be proclaiming “SPRING!” while you look out your window & […]
candies | chocolate | gluten-free | great for kids | no-bake | nut (flavor) | peanut butter | quick & easy | recipe | treats
Candy girl.
Did you ever get a craving for candy at like, 3 a.m.? Sometimes I do. Sometimes I just decide at midnight that I want a piece of candy… and usually I never end up filling that wish, unless I have some in the house or I can convince someone to go get me some. Those […]
adult | alcohol | beer | breads | brown sugar | loaves | quick & easy | savory
Speaking of hearty…
(…not that anyone was… or wait…) For Christmas 2011, it seemed like everyone gave me a stack of cookbooks. One of the ones Jay gave me was the Williams-Sonoma Bread book. I haven’t made many things from the book yet, just a few. Give me a break- I have a bajillion cook books I’m trying […]
chocolate | coconut | cupcakes | desserts | frosting | quick & easy | recipe | traditional with a twist
Darkness of winter… & darkness of cupcakes?
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” -Edith Sitwell That title makes me sound like Ozzy Osbourne or something… ‘the prince of darkness & his dark cupcakes.’ Hah. So, we’re leaving […]
desserts | no-bake | pudding | quick & easy | recipe | vanilla
Über easy über vanilla bean deliciousness.
Vanilla beans are great, aren’t they? They smell great, they make things taste great, and they have these teeny little seeds in there (vanilla “caviar”) that create those beautiful little black flecks in ice creams, frostings, puddings, etc. Those beautiful little black flecks that make the vanilla flavor deeper, and let the person who’s about […]
Eleven days into the new year and I’m still writing 2012 on everything. Typical. I hope you’re all having a great 2013, so far, and that it continues to be that way for the next 354 days. However, I am settled in enough to this odd numbered year to share some favorite cold-weather, wintery things. You […]
alcohol | beer | breads | breakfast | brown sugar | cake | cinnamon | desserts | ginger | molasses
In need of something stout & hearty.
Argh. I know I’ve been repeatedly saying this, over & over again. But let me reiterate: it’s f*!%ing cold. Early Sunday Morning on Orchard Street, by Vivienne Gucwa Pardon my French, but really. It’s freezing. And one of those eerie signs of a cold day in New York? A white sky. When it’s just stark […]
cupcakes | desserts | fruit | fruit or vegetable butter | grape | great for kids | jelly | peanut butter | recipe | traditional with a twist
Comfort food.
I don’t know about you, but this time of year is a tad depressing for me. It’s gray, it’s cold, it’s either snowing or there’s freezing rain pelting the windows, the Christmas lights are either down already or coming down this week, and most people have tossed their poor little Christmas trees to the curb […]
It’s our first Think Outside the Blog blog hop for the new year, so HAPPY 2013! Welcome to anyone who’s new, and hi again to anyone who’s been with us for previous weeks. We took some time off from the hop to spend the holidays offline with our families (somewhat.. haha), eat, drink & be […]
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. 
