You know how when you go to a party, it’s polite to ask the hostess what she would like you to bring to her event? Jennie hosted a Shark Week party last Sunday and after looking over her menu, I …
Let me tell you a secret: THIS COBBLER HAS FIVE INGREDIENTS AND IS EASY PEASY AND DELICIOUS. I guess it’s not that much of a secret anymore. Whoops. I’ve never been good at keeping secrets, anyways. Now, after you read …
How do you tackle baking for the blogger on her birthday? It’s not an easy task, but it sure was fun! Step One: Send her a really weird email like the following: “In a hypothetical situation where you were to …
For Ms Mary’s birthday, Becca and I asked what she might want. She replied, Funfetti, or if you’re up for a challenge, ombré cake, but REALLY whatever is easier! Challenge, accepted. This is the recipe I used, which was quite …
A favorite dinner of mine is crepes, and when I received a crepe maker a few years back for my birthday, I was also given a crepe cookbook that Jeff and I have been using ever since. The Chicken Broccoli …
Because coffee was our April ingredient, I thought it important to tackle a dessert that brought out the wonderful taste of coffee (coffee flavored cake whilst drinking coffee? Yes, please!) I found this recipe from PW, and decided that it …
You may or may not know that I usually don’t do banana. Not because I don’t like them – I do like a banana now and then! I just subscribe to the idea that one should eat locally sourced produce, …
Around Easter, a co-workers birthday prompted me to make some strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting. But I also wanted them to be somewhat special – so I topped them with dark chocolate eggs. OK, so really I just wanted dark …
When I visited Mary’s hometown in New Hampshire last year, she took me to an adorable family owned grocery store as part of my tour. Mary used to go apple picking in their orchards as a kid. I bought this …
This weekend, I took a dive into my cumin recipe of choice. I had seen it in the Real Simple February, and knew it would accomplish several things: the need for cumin, a new cuisine, some lamb (something I’d been …
