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No Food Blogging Today

Rather than spout on about something that I don’t know very well, I’m going to direct everyone to check out This Post at Accidental Hedonist. It’s very important to us commoners who...

Cake Baking Tips

Someone sent me a nice e-mail asking for some tips to cake baking, construction, and decorating. I started to reply, but thought that it might make a good post for the blog....

Happy Mother’s Day to me!

Yesterday was a very nice Mother’s Day. I am not big into the whole “Mother’s Day” experience. I cannot believe the greeting card and gift-giving extravanagnza it has become. I don’t want...

Crime & Punishment

Today I’m rambling about kids. Every once in a while something gets under my skin, and I just feel so much better putting it “out there.” And today is such a day....

Battle: Ricotta

Battle: Ricotta turned out to be more of a challenge than I anticipated. I had a hard time coming up with recipes that I wanted to try that weren’t normal. And by...

My Top 10 Pantry Staples.

Nothing exciting on the dinner report tonight. Just a soup and salad kind of night I guess. I was thinking about what I could post on today, and nothing really called to...

Mmmm. Coconut. Good.

Only Homer Simpson could accurately describe Martha’s Coconut Cake. It truly is something special. It truly is not something lite either. 🙂 But sometimes, you just need to indulge. This cake is...

Basil Shrimp with Feta and Orzo

A few weeks ago when I posted a fantastic recipe for shrimp, a few people chimed in about this particular recipe from Cooking Light Magazine. I hunted it down and thought it...

I Wanna Be Like Martha

Today was package day. 🙂 Package day is always a fun day. Especially when I am expecting a cookbook to arrive. Today’s package certainly provided a gem. Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook is...

Virtual Recipe Club

Well, when Alysha at The Savory Notebook asked for help in hosting next month’s VRC, my immediate thought was “I wonder who’ll do it.” After a few minutes it occurred to me...