We all deserve a pat on the back and a clink of the glasses come December 31st. Another year. Another WHOLE year in the books. Can you even believe it? We did it, everyday.
Here are a few things to CHEERS to:
* Cheers to ...
Its rolling into the very early hours of Christmas Eve on the west coast and Im tucked in my old bedroom at my parents house (its now my dads office where Im sleeping on an air mattress) eating takeout Thai fo...
I realized not long back that I have an unchecked list in my head, a list of things that only other people bake. As in a list of things that for some reason, thanks to a laundry list of reasons and excuses, I dont know how and shou...
Its not that I dont like a traditional Southern Pecan Pie. Im pretty sure the distinction is that Ive just never had the right Southern Pecan Pie.
Its always a problem of proportions. It’...
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I swear Ive worn tracks in the space between my kitchen counter, the oven, and the kitchen sink this week. Theres been a lot of baking- afridge full of pies, racks full of these gingerbread marshmallows, and a ...
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Lets take good care this time of year. Lets fill our bodies with goodness in the midst of our holiday run-around. This is my favorite time of year mostly because of all the parties that include bourbon a...
Lets talk about pie crust! Its important because hopefully you have a homemade Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie making its way to your holiday table this year. Pies come in a few parts, homemade pie crust, loads of filling,...
Hello dear friends! A year ago this week I was in the kitchen at the White House, making holiday cookies with Ashley and Molly and oooohhh just the White House Pastry Chef. Exactly 1 trillion things have happened since that time. Just all ...
I feel like were far enough past pumpkin spice season to really cozy into gingerbread time. Beyond cookies and breads, we can get gingerbread flavors with a thin battered, fluffy and puffy Dutch Baby pancake. Its simple...
Earlier this year I discovered the wonders of a warmly spiced savory meat dish. It was too long a time coming, but moussaka is in my heart to stay.
This chili, some of you from Cincinnati are no doubt nodding your head with knowing, ...
Hello friends! Its December 3rd and were off to the races! Or were in the races. Thats more like it Its December 3rd and here we are barreling towards the end of the year.
This time of ...
Theres not much I wont put in a tortilla.
This comes with plenty of early training. I think I came home from fourth grade and everyday made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a cold flour tortilla. It t...
There are some things I do with great ceremony in the kitchen. Work butter into a pie crust, chop carrots for a soup, butter up a whole chicken for roasting. It can all be pretty precious. A luxury, really.
Truthfully, I do these same thin...
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Tell me youre deep into this weekend feeling your finest! Ive indulgently got the heater running, and so far have the Christmas lights up on my tree. Its been one of those weekends with...
This is me, creepin up behind you while youre whisking together your Thanksgiving gravy tomorrow. This is me, whispering in your ear as youre pouring gravy into the gravy boat. This is me, asking to lick the gravy spoon. ...
Ill tell you now that, as a former bakery counter girl at The Cheesecake Factory (heeeelllppp), I know my way around a tiramisu. When I say I know my way around a tiramisu, please know that I mean, I would happily thaw out a tray of their...
