Hey, four straight days of getting dressed in something other than yoga pants isn’t bad, right? Today I got up, fed and walked the dog, ate breakfast and then got started baking. Okay, so it’s not really an excuse. But just LOOK at this. This is a Chocolate Nutter Butter Cake. Isn’t it pretty? IRead more
I have a confession to make. I’m an obsessive baker. Once, in college, I insisted on making a chocolate hazelnut flourless chocolate cake twice in one night because the first one hadn’t turned out as well as I’d wished. I think that’s the moment my friends discovered that I am, as they say, not right.Read more
I’ve never been a breakfast person. When I was in high school, eating breakfast used to make me queasy. If I could eat breakfast around 10am, that would be fine with me. That’s completely independent of coffee, of course. Coffee must be consumed within 15 minutes of waking up or the waking up part neverRead more
When I was a kid, my mother sometimes made a Bisquick coffee cake from the recipe on the box on weekend mornings. It must have been pretty simple because she didn’t really do a lot of baking. At least, she’s not crazy-obsessed like I am. Compulsive baking must come from my father’s side. So thisRead more
This morning I was walking the dog and reflecting on breakfast. We were out of granola. Bread baking is on the list for today. But I was super hungry. A little Nature Valley Granola bar was not going to cut it. I even cut a chat with one of my favorite dog-walking buddies short becauseRead more
Unfortunately, it has been conveyed to me that in addition to annoying all my Facebook friends with our condo redecorating, I have also been annoying my friends with my constant reportage of our meals. I didn’t realize I talk about food so much, but what can I say? I like to eat and so doesRead more