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Happy Juice Year
Well, friends, it’s the New Year! Happy 2013. For me, 2012 was like every year prior – awash in great rivers of chocolate and fields of pastry. And I know I will make several resolutions this month and...
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A Clueless Vegan – Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Clueless, the omnipresent movie of my tweenage years, was a touchstone of sorts. Alicia Silverstone absolutely slayed the role of Cher (in an Oscar worthy performance IMHO) and practically invented a...
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tarmac cookies aka oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies
I am not a terribly good flyer. I can’t sleep on any flight (no matter the length, no matter the time of day). I never know where to put my elbows. And I have this unrelenting fear that every time I...
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A View on being Gluten-Free
There is, at once, a lot to say and not very much to say about Elisabeth Hasselbeck. She is the rare bird that leapt from reality TV stardom (via Survivor: The Australian Outback) to hold a permanent...
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Must Have Moustache Chocolate Cake (Grand Maman’s Cake)
My personal cake making timeline is a filled with all sorts of peaks and bumps and long stretches of dry desert ultimately (usually, hopefully) followed by rolling green hills and lush valleys. Boxes...
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I loaf you, Seeded Rye.
Seeing that it’s now mid-February I’m assuming your no-carb diet aspirations of January have started to mellow. And why shouldn’t they? You’ve been strict for long enough and really, how bad is a...
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Bliss in five minutes – homemade magic shell
If you unleash me in a vast football-field sized supermarket (the kind you find in prosperous suburbia) between the hours of 11PM and 2AM (post-dinner, post-wine), I will most likely gravitate towards...
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The Heartbreak of Homemade Greek Yogurt
If you want to view a market trend in real-life and in real-time, I might suggest you park yourself at a Whole Foods (particularly one in NYC) Greek yogurt aisle. It is a supply/demand cartoon come to...
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The Monster (cookie) in my Kitchen
If left alone in the candy aisle for too long, I am certain to walk away with a few ridiculously large bags of M&M’s and maybe one or two Kit Kat bars. [Ed Note: Can we stop referring to...
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Black Cocoa Powder Cake – the worthy indulgence
I am having a moment with Black Cocoa powder. I am using it carelessly and I am using it often. I am abusing it with glee. And I am ignoring all of the hushed tones and stern caveats that accompany the...
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How to Make Our Sweet and Salty Caramel
Salty caramel is everywhere. It went from trendy to pantry staple (and near ubiquity) in a mere flash and we are okay with that. When deployed correctly (as in our Sweet and Salty Cake or Sweet and...
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reason to move to LA – butterscotch pots de creme at gjelina
I really like LA. A lot. And I try to go as often as possible. Los Angeles provides a soothing balm to New York’s ever lengthening winter (i.e. why is it snowing in March and barely above freezing in...
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Apologies in advance – Salted Caramel Chocolate cupcake shake
I’d like to apologize in advance for the cupcake shake. It wasn’t supposed to happen to me. I believed I was bigger than the cupcake shake. Smarter, and more refined. I told myself cupcake shakes were...
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The Baked “Got Munchies” Brownie
This is not a Baked brownie. Well, not exactly. A Baked brownie is mostly – decidedly – pure and doodad free. But this is a special week. This is brownie week (um, not officially in any government...
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buckeye state ice cream in the buckeye state of mind
My addiction to the buckeye candy is well documented. It is not something I am proud of, and – truth be told – I wish my addiction skewed more fabulous a la caviar and Krug Grande Cuve. I suppose I...
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On Mom and Butterscotch and “Blond” Scones
[In honor of this upcoming Mother’s Day, I thought a post about my mom was in order. And don’t forget Moms everywhere this Sunday. Heck, maybe you should even order your mom a Lemondrop cake ] My mom...
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It’s a Biscuit, kind of
Let’s take a break from working or not working or whatever weird stuff you’re doing and play a fun game. (Yes, it’ll be fun! I can almost promise.) Remember these things (click here)? Well this is...
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How To Make Homemade Almond Butter in 15 Minutes or Less aka Almond Butter is...
My first nut butter love will always be peanut butter. I will forever and always be happy to spend entire Sunday afternoons with a few fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches and Arrested...
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Copenhagen Report : How to Make Hindbærsnitte aka Raspberry Slice
[Note from Matt: I am absolutely giddy with excitement to present you with a post from our special Copenhagen correspondent, Johannah Christensen. Johannah is an extremely talented baker and all-around...
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Lazy Cake aka Aunt Naomi’s Chocolate Fudge Cake
I am afraid I lost another weekend to recipe obsession. This has been happening a lot lately. I should spend more time outside (assuming the NYC weather cooperates), but there is still so much to...
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