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Happy 30th birthday Jay!

Yesterday was Jay’s 30th birthday. I can’t really believe it, ’cause I remember meeting him shortly after his 19th birthday, and it doesn’t seem that long ago. But it is! Now we’re boring & old; me with my baking and him with his death metal band touring all over the U.S. Hey- wait a second. [...]

Cheesy, kinda Irish & loaded with alcohol.

No, not me. This recipe. This is the perfect St. Patrick’s Day recipe, and I’ve been dying to try it for so long. I like making macaroni & cheese in the fall & winter, and I’ve been putting off making this because I wanted to make it for this holiday. So it’s been waiting for [...]

For Thanksgiving, why not get baked.

By baked I mean bake something- in this instance, donuts. When I bought my donut pan it came with a recipe that sounded really delicious: spiced cake donuts with glaze. Doesn’t that sound good? I thought they’d be great to have on Thanksgiving. Of course, I can’t let people down, I did make cupcakes as [...]

Margherita pizza all up in your face.

Another one of my obsessions in life is pizza. A good margherita pizza is like heaven on earth. Just a nice dough, good simple sauce, fresh mozzarella (or buffalo mozzarella) and fresh basil. Mmm. So delicious. I also enjoy grandma pizza, a big fat slice of sicilian pizza and regular ol’ pizza too. I’m a [...]

Slumber Party Potatoes.

A couple of months ago I was sick, and stuck in bed for a week, and during that time I read about 700 books. One of these books was Diane Mott Davidson’s Prime Cut. Its a culinary mystery book, with recipes intertwined with each chapter. One of the recipes was something called ‘Slumber Party Potatoes’ [...]