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Eat now. Repent later.

… So Mardi Gras 2012 is upon us. Laissez les bon temps roulez! Despite not being religious, French/Creole/Spanish (well I am a smidgen French, but not really enough to claim it) or from New Orleans, I love Mardi Gras. I love the colors, the parades, the partying, the food. Fat Tuesday (or Shrove Tuesday as [...]


February 20, 2012

Simply put: I L♥VE Y♥U.

And sometimes that’s all you need to say. But make sure you say it with a cupcake. … These are vanilla cake (Crumbs’ recipe) topped with a delicious chocolate sour cream frosting (Sprinkles’ recipe) made with 90% chocolate. Funny thing about that chocolate. A few weeks ago, me & Jay were out shopping & we [...]


February 13, 2012

Queen of Hearts’ Linzer tarts.

All I kept thinking of when I saw these Linzer cookies on a white plate was the Queen of Hearts. … … I’m sure by now you’ve noticed the fairy tale theme, right? Snow White, the Twelve Dancing Princesses, now the Queen of Hearts? If you haven’t noticed, what do I have to do, beat [...]


February 10, 2012

Jar of hearts.

… In honor of the month of love, I decided to share with you one of my latest creations: a tasty little jar of hearts. Right now you may be thinking, “The song by Christina Perri?” or maybe you’re thinking “A jar of artichoke hearts? Hearts of Romaine? Celery hearts?” and the answer to all [...]


February 04, 2012

Opium cakes.

Opium den images courtesy of Retronaut … Opium used to be the big drug back in the day. I guess it was the crystal meth of the time, around the turn of the century/1920′s. It contains something like 12% morphine, and codeine & hydrocodone are derivatives of the same family of drug- hence the name [...]


January 22, 2012