Valentine Heart Cookies From An Incompetent Cook
I can bake. Heck, I can bake all day. It’s fun, it involves stoichiometry and chemistry, and there’s plenty of batter/dough taste-testing along the way. But I cannot cook to save my life. In fact,...
View ArticleA Cake Ball Doughnut Adventure
They say you learn something new every day. What did I learn today? That digging into a mushy mass of cake crumbs and cream cheese frosting is strangely yet thoroughly enjoyable. You’ve all heard of a...
View ArticleThe Obligatory Blueberry Muffin
Amidst oddities with the likes of Mummy Meatloaf, Faux Turkey Bread, Panda Bread, and M&M Pancakes, I’ve somehow overlooked the quintessential blueberry muffin. Practically every food blog worth...
View ArticleFinally! A Perfectly Soft, Chewy, Beautiful Chocolate Chip Cookie!
The chocolate chip cookie: it’s so simple, it’s difficult. I have searched high and low for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. The past several afternoons, in particular, I’ve occupied myself with...
View ArticleThat’s How We (Dinner) Roll
I have a terrible habit of wringing my hands. It’s not something I intentionally do. But whenever I’m elated, sad, angry, bored, or especially nervous, I wring my hands. Because the habit covers a...
View ArticlePersonalities and Chocolate Pop-Tart Pie
Have you ever noticed that at Thanksgiving, pie is, without doubt, the most populous of all food species? Between Great Aunt Minnie’s apple pie, Grandma’s pumpkin pie, Mom’s pumpkin pie, and...
View ArticleThe Hunt for Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkins are such multi-purpose entities. Cinderella’s fairy godmother turned a giant pumpkin into a lavish carriage. Children annually carve pumpkins into Halloween jack-o-lanterns, which one can...
View ArticleHardcore Halloween
When it comes to Halloween, I tend to like the more mellow decorations and festivities. That is, cute usually trumps gory. But, as the saying goes, there’s a first time for everything. How could I...
View ArticleMeatloaf Like Mummy (Never) Used to Make
I must confess something. My mom doesn’t cook. She used to, on occasion. But since I grew past the age at which I could operate a microwave, it’s been a thing of the past. Cooking is a luxury given...
View ArticleDark Chocolate and Witches and Cupcakes, Oh My!
Who doesn’t like cupcakes? (This is a rhetorical question. If you do not like cupcakes, well, that is very unfortunate.) Granted, some people prefer more, less, or even no frosting. Some people like...
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