This morning, while perusing my vast collection of recipes on my computer, I stumbled across a document I had thought lost forever; a series of jam recipes a pastry friend and I developed when we were running a funky little foodie blog called Chronic Masterbakers. The blog now being defunct (*sadness*), I wasn’t able to…
Month: October 2014
Halloween is AWESOME!
I love the Halloween season. I love its culture and history, and how it is so closely related to the Pagan Samhain (pronounced “Sowwan”), which is believed to be an ancient Celtic/Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season, and beginning the “darker half” or winter part of the year. While I am not…
Top Ten List: Introduction to Cloves (7th of 10)
This is a little bit of an odd Top Ten list, but I thought I’d take you through my baking cupboard (yes, I have an entire cupboard dedicated solely to baking supplies…um, and another cupboard…and a 4-tier rolling rack…but I digress). Since a Top Ten list would make this blog post too long, I’m splitting…
Recipe and Tutorial Post: Sugar Cookies of DOOOOOOMMMMM! (Part 2)
As per my previous post on sugar cookies, here is part deux discussing the decoration of said cookies! The client’s United Way theme this year was “Be The Hero”, and my inspiration picture was of a hero’s silhouette in white with a cape and the UWay logo on the chest. Well, I wasn’t hand-drawing the…
Recipe Post: Sugar Cookies of DOOOOOOMMMMM! (Part 1)
Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. – Barbara Jordan I have a great friend in Ottawa who hooked me up last year with his employer, a HUGE National…
Recipe Post: Three Berry Crisp
The last few days have been quite the whirlwind for me in the kitchen! Given the opportunity to use an amazing full kitchen while visiting family this last week, I took full advantage. From homemade macaroni and cheese to a pureed lentil soup for my mother, to a full dinner and dessert for a family…
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