I should not be allowed in Hobby Lobby. Last week I walked out with a silver glitter charger and a mat made completely of rainbow glitter, because, obviously, I needed them for business purposes. Who am I kidding? I have zero self-control in the face of glitter. So, in order to justify the expense, I
I had a hardcore hankering for hot cocoa. To the pantry, pushing the Raisin Bran and mixed nuts to the side, looking for hot cocoa. Wooo hoo! There’s a canister of cocoa! Hmmmm…I wonder if cocoa expires. Awwwww, crap. March 15, 2013. I should probably do a pantry clean-out… [scratches head] Pish-posh, I can make my
This poor recipe has been sitting on the shelf, waiting to be shared since July!!! I was cleaning out my files, getting organized and the file “Pineapple Monkey Bread” blazed boldly only the screen, saying, “Pick me!!!”. I’m so sorry, Monkey Bread! It’s not because you weren’t interesting, or noteworthy, or utterly scrumptious! You were
I have made some version of these tarts a bazillion times in the past month. For the Test Kitchen, they were served a la mode. At the Cheese 101 Class they had cheddar in the crust. On Sonoran Living, they were drizzled with caramel. After that many renditions, I can confidently say, we’ve got a
Last night was the second installment of classes at Luci’s Healthy Marketplace. I really love teaching and these classes are a great reminder of how much fun food can be. The theme of the class was “Meatless Mondays” a course aimed at teaching folks how to go meatless once a week. Because I can’t help
Another recipe from my first ever cooking class was chocolate malt shakes. I decided to go with strawberry for the class, but originally devised the recipe with chocolate. The night of the class, come to find out one of the attendees was allergic to strawberries, so we went vanilla for him at the last minute. It
I think of parfait, I think of Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek. You know what ELSE everybody likes? Parfaits! Have you ever met a person, you say, “Let’s get some parfait,” they say, “Hell no, I don’t like no parfait.”? Parfaits are delicious! So, being that everyone likes parfaits, I figured I’d make one
