Posted in Baked Goods, Recipes on May 17th, 2010
Hello everyone! I feel terrible that it’s been an entire week since I’ve posted, but I have a really good story to explain that. Ready? It begins like this: I forgot. And it ends like this: The End. Great! I’m such an entertaining writer. Patting myself on the back as we speak Ok yes… that [...]
Posted in Baked Goods, Recipes on Apr 29th, 2010
The second (and last?) installment of a (very short?) series on no-bake desserts. These peanut butter and cocoa oatmeal cookie balls have a special place in my heart, because they were one of the first desserts I ever made in our Chicago apartment. It was last summer, when Sean had just moved in to our [...]
Posted in Baked Goods, Recipes on Apr 23rd, 2010
This post has been composing itself (in my head) since Monday — ya’ll might want to buckle your seat belts, because this is one of those rare occasions in which I know exactly what needs to be said here. And I’m sorry to say that the central point of this post will be this phrase, [...]
Posted in Baked Goods, Recipes on Apr 15th, 2010
What you are looking at is therapy masquerading in the form of a chocolate muffin. These muffins did my heart good. It’s been so long since I have baked something just because I wanted to, just because I had a free hour and extra chocolate. It was a doosey of a day (how do you [...]
Posted in Baked Goods, Sides and Sauces on Apr 9th, 2010
The theme for today’s post is… cooks are frauds. Or, OK… here’s a more upbeat theme: even if you think you can’t do something — you probably can! Don’t you love the times you can surprise yourself by discovering some untapped capacity or skill you have? The kitchen is a great place to try new [...]