When I was a kid, I loved Winnie the Pooh. I named my childhood cat Tigger when we got her (I was around 5 or 6), and she wasn’t even orange! I just loved Winnie the Pooh that much. I still have to say, the vintage old school Pooh art is just adorable, and it [...]
What a mug…
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Saturday (January 30th) was Indy’s first anniversary with us. Exactly a year ago on that day, we went and adopted him from North Shore Animal League. He was a little 5 month old, squiggly, squirmy ball of cuteness. He is now 3 times the size he was back then (he was 35 pounds, [...]
A couple of months ago, my dear friend Lyns sent me a bottle of Rose Water in a package of liners, etc. Ever since I got it, I’ve been trying to decide what to make with it (it came with a recipe for Vanilla Rose Rice Pudding, which I will make someday, I just wanted [...]
Hearing: Weezer – “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
I’m sure most of you have seen Shrek. Regardless of having children or not, it’s a movie that by now most of the world I think has either seen, read about, or heard enough about to know about Gingy. There’s even been a Broadway play version [...]
…Or your drunk friends. Or your drunken self.
Sorry I’ve been MIA on the recipe front. It’s been a busy time of year, as usual. There are trees to put up, lights to hang, gifts to buy, etc. And this year has been made slightly busier because Miss Yoyo came to town this week, and we [...]
Before I start with the baking, I want to announce something. I’ve been working on a new project with some high school friends of mine and I’ve been so excited about it. I’ve wanted to spill the beans for a while now but it hasn’t been quite ready. Well, it’s officially open for business now: [...]
It’s not fall without pumpkins. I myself am not hugely into pumpkin, I like it, but not too much. I prefer pumpkin when it’s well mixed with other flavors, like lots of cinnamon and ginger, and I enjoyed the double chocolate pumpkin (aka Jessie Steele apron cupcakes) cupcakes I made last fall. But I know [...]
Before I go ANY further with this post, I have to show you all a gift I received from my friend Yoyo (You remember her? She runs topstitch.org and has an Artfire store? Hayley Williams from Paramore got some of her handmade stuff at a meet & greet? She’s totally awesome and has her own [...]
What? Yes, donuts made of biscuits. In the words of Homer Simpson: “Mmm… donuts.” Does it matter what kind? No. Glazed, chocolate, Boston Cream, cinnamon, powdered sugar, who cares. Everything is better with doughnuts. Or donuts if you prefer to spell it that way.
One of my favorite ladies in the world and one of my [...]
After what seemed like 5 years (but in actuality was almost 2 full months) of constant rain here in New York, the weather finally changed into the typical summer weather: hot and humid. Therefore, it became too hot to bake anything complicated. However my mom’s birthday is Saturday, and I told her to pick something [...]
You all remember Violet Beauregarde, don’t you? The spoiled little gum-chewing brat from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (and the ensuing Tim Burton remake with the delicious Johnny Depp?) who ate the gum that wasn’t quite ready and turned into a giant blueberry, and the Oompa Loompa’s wrote a song about her? I think [...]
During the duration of the making and eating of these fried balls of yum I came to the conclusion that ‘bomboloni’ is an incredibly fun thing to say. I also came to the conclusion that bomboloni is mother-effing scrumptious.
“What the hell is bomboloni?” you may ask. Well, you uneducated fool, bomboloni is a fried dough [...]
Snickerdoodles are a very popular cookie, one of those old-timey ones. I’ve even seen snickerdoodle scented candles. But to be honest, I wasn’t quite sure what the hell they were made of until I looked it up, and discovered:
A snickerdoodle is a variety of sugar cookie made with cream of tartar, and rolled in cinnamon [...]
Jay’s working until 9:00 tonight doing some crazy policeman holiday overtime nonsense, and I already promised him cookies, so I figured while I had time and was already in the kitchen I’d make something else simple and quick and kill two birds with one stone. I’m feeling a bit under the weather, its freezing cold [...]
Well, well, well. I’ve been MIA, huh? No recipes in a while. I’m sorry about that… I’ve been insanely, INSANELY busy. My days are filled with the usual seasonal activities and some other miscellaneous things (heh, I’m a blonde now) and on top of all that I went to the Condé Nast building with Jay’s [...]
