Tag: baking

One upon a time, long ago, a fair maiden embarked upon a journey across the seas to study arts and letters with great minds of her age. On her journey, she encountered a knight, …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/5196820175/" title="Pumpkin Pie 1 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5196820175_7049146db4.jpg" width="333" height="500" class="aligncenter" alt="Pumpkin Pie 1" /></a> My darling husband is not a picky man. He will cheerfully eat just about everything I …

Fall themed desserts are all over these days - pumpkin bread puddings, cranberry panna cotta, pecan trifle. And those of us with a confirmed fear of rolling pins grasp at these desperately.  …

Sugar cookies can be boring.  Essentially nothing more than butter, sugar, flour and eggs, sugar cookie recipes – even easy sugar cookie recipes – often call for elaborate decorations – piping, “flooding”, colored frosting and even …

Last week was my birthday, so I baked myself a birthday cake. I do realize how pathetic that sounds, but baking my own birthday cake is actually something I like to do -- I …

It started with the smell. I arrived home from work Friday night, Nuni in tow, and was greeted by a smell, emanating from the kitchen. A TERRIBLE smell. It wasn't the trash -- …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/4984973701/" title="Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4984973701_80f335d410.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="333" height="500" alt="Chocolate Chip Cookies 1" /></a> The Nuni has been quite complimentary lately, perhaps working under the theory that flattery will …