Crazy Cocker Spaniel's least favorite holiday is here! The one where not only does she get stuck in a costume but where people come and ring the doorbell over and over again. And boy does she hate that. In case you are too young, CCS is not just a shark, but a Land Shark, ala vintage Saturday Night Live. If I could just teach her to say “candy gram” the outfit would be complete. So I haven't been around. I know. That whole taffy thing is still around. And so is cheese. Cheese, cheese, cheese. I am so anti cheese right now. I was shooting cheese for a magazine article. I am cheesed out. If that is possible. ;) Jessie over at Cakespy Tweeted about getting The Grand Central Bakery book. They are a Portland and Seattle Bakery. I immediately grew jealous of not owning it and two days later thanks to the evil that is Amazon.com, I owned it. These are suppose to be like Nutter Butters, and to some extent they are. I photographed quite possibly the worst looking ones. Totally my … [Read more...]
Holy Moly, what a Goalie….
First off, let us congratulate #62 Jen T of Not Microwave Safe is the winner of the mini loaf pans. I used Random.org if you are wondering how the winner was chosen. If you aren't Jen and didn't win, not to worry I am sure since so many people have been converted to the way of the mini loaf that I will be giving them away from time to time. I am sure you are surprised to see something savory up. It's been awhile. But sometimes it's good to throw people off. It also happens to go nicely with this soup. It also happens to coincide with what happened to me today while running errands. Today I went to workout. I was dressed to workout. Yoga pants, baggy t-shirt, hockey sweatshirt, no make up. On the way home I decided I would quick run in and get something at the drug store, facial cleanser and some tea (only people who carry it around here) if you must know. I'm looking for my facial cleanser when I notice this guy staring at me. I did recognize him, but wasn't sure why. I figure I … [Read more...]
Like Taffy…
No, this cake has nothing to do with Taffy. But taffy is what I feel like. I feel like I am being pulled in 20 different directions lately. And what does that leave me, besides being tired? It leaves me doing a whole lot of stuff mediocre and all round half ass. And oh how I hate that. I focus on one thing, all the others go on the back burner. So then I start to concentrate on something else, but then the first thing I was focusing on is now going to crap. And it seems to be a never ending cycle as of late. I've got cookbooks to review, magazine pictures to shoot, products to feature, a insanely dirty house to clean, a large pile of laundry that mocks me daily, baking for my blog, baking for my side project. And well, none of it is being done. So with my life in perpetual mediocrity I decided to stick with something simple. Yes, I know, another loaf cake. What can I say, they are easy, and you don't have to frost them. One thing people always bug me about is why don't I make a … [Read more...]
