"You have to have the bad days in order to be able to recognize the good ones." That is one of my dad's favorite phrases...and boy, let's just say I will really be able to recognize a good one when it comes around. Life has thrown a few little thumbtacks and bumps my way and so I am a little scatter brained lately. And with that I have been extremely bad about getting back to people who emailed me or who asked me a question on my blog. Sorry, I am a little self absorbed right now and might be for a little bit longer. When I am out of sorts, baking always calms me...and I have done a lot of baking lately. After the evil crepe debacle I wanted something that if I was blindfolded would turn out well...I of course turned to Dorie Greenspan. Poor Dorie has been a little neglected lately in the food blogging world. There was a time(right after the release of her beloved Baking: From My Home to Yours) that food bloggers everywhere were singing her praises. It's not that she is not loved, I … [Read more...]