You may recall The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment of 2011. With the help of the Mr, I conducted a serious side by side comparison study of two of my favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipes. We were thorough in our approach. Each cookie had to be baked on the same pan, in the same [...]
Image courtesy of Mihai Tamasila If anything characterized the first 6 years of my adult life it was change. Movement was a rhythm of sorts, as sure as the changing seasons. Each fall and summer of my college days, I would pack my little Honda Accord so full of stuff I couldn’t see out the [...]
It feels like it was just a few months ago when I finally quit writing 2011 by accident. Now, here we are, with another impending date change upon us. It feels so terribly old to say this, but time really does fly. I remember people telling me that when I was younger. I would laugh [...]
I’m going to be honest. It’s been a rough week around these parts. The Mr.’s been working crazy long hours at a stressful job. The living room has been “in process” for over a month, which basically just means the furniture is stacked in the middle of the room, the floor is covered in tape [...]
Today is my birthday, and this…. …is my birthday cake. It doesn’t have sprinkles. Or frosting. Or a scripted “Happy Birthday” swirled across the top. It doesn’t even have chocolate. And you know what? I wouldn’t ask for anything else on my birthday. This, my friends, is my all time favorite (FAV-O-RITE) cake. I know [...]
Last month I had the pleasure of teaching a cooking and baking class for a group of young people involved with the Transit Arts program at my work. (If you’ve never heard of Transit Arts, check them out! They are a fabulous organization that provides a range of artistic opportunities for youth.) Over the course [...]
People used to tell me time goes by faster as you get older. I never thought about it much, but the older I get the more I’m beginning to understand what they meant. This weekend my niece graduates from high school, and suddenly I find myself wondering, “where in the heck did the time go?” [...]
A very Merry Christmas to you and yours! I pray on this day you will be immersed in the story of a baby boy, born in the humblest of places into a poor family…a baby who was both flesh and blood and the very Son of God. May you be awed. stunned. amazed. by this [...]
This morning I woke up too early. And it was all Oscar’s fault. I know, I know, he’s a cutie. But I don’t really see cute at 6:30 in the morning. I see a bleary figure with dog breath. But it just so happens, having an extra hour in the morning isn’t all bad. Instead [...]
