If you are a fan of LOST, let me just say that contrary to popular belief, I am not the black smoke. I am not spreading evil throughout the world. I am just spreading it to your thighs. :P So many a person wrote that they wanted to know when would I be making a Cadbury Caramel Egg cupcake like I did with the Crème Egg. And though it was tempting, I just didn't want to make the same kind of thing again. One of my fellow Seattle area food bloggers, Lara of Cook and Eat, wrote a doughnut book. She was all happy that it was pre-listed on Amazon.com (as she should be) and it got me thinking about deep fried things. The British love to deep fry stuff. One of my favorite treats at the pub are things called Scotch Eggs. They are hard boiled eggs, wrapped in sausage meat, breaded and then deep fried. They may sound odd but boy are they good. And after a few pints, they are really good. These deep fried Caramel Eggs are crossbreed between the idea of the doughnut and the Scotch Egg. … [Read more...]
Standing out….
I will admit that if I were to start my food blog today, I would not have started it. Five years ago (well, almost 5) when I set out to do my blog there was hardly anyone blogging about food, especially baking. People gave me weird looks when I told them that I ran a food blog, which followed with me having to explain what the heck it was. Now a days when I tell someone I run a food blog I usually get the “oh my mothers brothers second cousin has one of those”...and so does the mother and the brother and so on. They are out there. Lots of them. And it's great. It's just so oversaturated that you have to do your best to stick out. So I do my best to stick out. Kind of like how I do in life. :) I'm a little loud, a little out there, kind of sweet (depends on who you ask ;) ) with a whole lot of sarcasm on the side. Which I think is how it comes across in the blog as well. My friend A sent me a link about these Cadbury Crème Egg Cupcakes that she had seen on a website. The … [Read more...]
To thine own self be true….
Okay, so not totally sure why, but lately I have been getting just as many questions about people's dating lives as I have about cooking. I am not Dear Abby people. But ya know, if Dr. Phil can spew his crap, why can't I? So here we go. Useless dating advice from Peabody. The “doctor” is in. Number one piece of advice to you all in the joy that is the world of dating: Stay true to yourself. Women especially have a problem of losing themselves in the relationship. I did this at one time. I stopped pretty much liking/doing any of my hobbies and became completely immersed in his. His friends, his hobbies, his, his his. Now there is nothing wrong with being introduced to something new and liking it. But ditching what you like to do just to be doing what he likes to do is a no-no. And eventually will come back to bite you in the ass. When my friend L first started to date her husband she pretended to like camping because he loved camping. She was in the throws of the butterfly … [Read more...]
