I am in love with the January 2011 issue of Bon Appetit. Admittedly, I have not been as happy to get my monthly BA as I was to get Gourmet. I confess that I have read the January issue cover to cover 5 or 6 times already. That’s how much I love it. My favorite […]
Homemade Eggnog
After making homemade eggnog, you’ll never go back to store-bought. That sickeningly sweet, corn syrupy, gloppy yellow stuff they call eggnog can’t hold a candle to this stuff. Even professed eggnog haters (like I was, formerly), will love it. We make it in big batches so we have enough to share when friends stop […]
Potato Doughnuts
{If you’re looking for the recipe for homemade eggnog, it can be found here. I had to separate the recipes. Sorry for any inconvenience!) I have to tell you a secret. Come closer. I don’t want those boys who made fun of me for being chubby to hear this. I don’t like doughnuts. See? […]
Key Lime Candied Ginger Ice Cream
Folks, my Cuisinart ice cream maker has been busy this past week. Cream was on sale, I’ve had tons of eggs in the fridge, and my mind was racing with ideas for new flavors. While I have loved all the new flavors, this is my very favorite. This ice cream is amazing. It is simply […]
Holiday Q+A: Dessert for a Crowd
Hi Lindsey, Please help! We’ve been invited to my sister-in-law’s for Christmas and there will be 21 adults plus many kids running around. I’m supposed to bring dessert. I am hoping you can give me some good ideas for easily transportable desserts….I love your peppermint bark brownies idea so that will probably be one of […]
Eggnog Creme Cookie Sandwiches with Eggnog Buttercream
This time of year brings memories of my Grandma Maxie and her Christmas cookies. She was a fabulous cook and baker. I still remember her hands, speckled with age spots and knuckles swollen with the beginnings of arthritis, spooning out dough onto a baking sheet. My grandmother and my mother would make spritz cookies when […]
Holiday Q+A: Make Ahead Breakfast Ideas
Scene: It’s 6:00 am Christmas morning. The kids didn’t fall asleep until midnight. You were up late fighting about discussing the assembly of the new toy kitchen with your spouse. Then you still had to put out the presents and fill the stockings. You’ve only slept for what seems minutes instead of hours. The kids have […]
A Cake for Colby and Chelsea.
When I finish a big project, like a wedding cake, I am always relieved and sad for it to be finished. It’s funny to get attached to something like a cake. I feel almost protective over it, like it’s another child that I’m sending off into the unknown. What if they didn’t like it? The […]
Sometimes I Bake Wedding Cakes.
In January, I made a wedding cake for these two lovely people. Meet Samantha and Chas Kelly. Even if I wasn’t related to them (by marriage) I would love and claim them as my own. (Sam is an amazing artist, by the way. She has an Etsy shop called Can You Hear Me? You should […]
Communal Giveaway Winner.
Congratulations to Jordan and Jandee. They won the $25 gift certificate to Communal. Thanks everyone for entering. I wish I could give one to you all. One day when I’m rich and famous, I just might. :)
