Liquid Love…

snickerdoodle cocoa

We are still having snow (it’s falling as I type) which was supposed to be gone by now. Everyone is at the point where they have taken to Twitter and Facebook to let us all know that they are tired of the snow and to complain over and over again. I wrote that if we were in Ghostbusters 2 we would be dead from the slime being turned so negative…and then included a link to the average temperatures in Phoenix in hopes of them moving there. :P The dog and I of course still love it we aren’t complaining in the least. We were out in it this morning, it’s colder than it has been so I have to take the blow dryer to her (which she hates). I on the other had to rely on hot chocolate to warm me up. I got thinking yesterday that I want something other than chocolate and decided to try and make a Snickerdoodle Cocoa. Now, it’s not actually cocoa as it uses vanilla chips instead of chocolate chips but it’s warm and wonderful all the same. The rim of cinnamon sugar adds a little … [Read more...]

The good life…

tripleberrysugarcookie1

I love me some BBC America (I'm a Top Gear junkie...though I could care less about cars) and recently started watching a new show Jamie's American Road Trip which stars Jamie Oliver. I can personally take or leave him but I like the Layover (Anthony Bourdain) and thought I would give it a go. Wow, what a humbling night that lead to. He had gone to NY but not in the way that normal shows go. He wasn't highlighting restaurants for you to go to when you are in town, he was highlighting the food that influences the city by the people that live there, the immigrants. Specifically he was looking for underground food, "restaurants" that were in people's homes that health code probably would crap bricks over. He featured a man named George...and that's when my life looked a whole lot amazing and a whole lot selfish. George, who was originally an illegal alien (no I'm not wanting to get political and discuss immigration) who eventually became an legal citizen of the US, but for many years … [Read more...]

A little something for my readers….

A twist on red velvet

So while I do get lovely email asking about my sex life, the number one question that come via email is do you have an easier way to print your recipes? And before the answer was always no. The other question is do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to? That answer remains no. I seriously have enough trouble figuring out what to put on this blog let alone come up with a newsletter, which would be called Baking from a Crappy Apartment Kitchen. :) Which is what I would like the title of my Food Network show to be. ;) But in all seriousness you will all be excited to learn that thanks to RECIpage you can now print my recipes. Well right now 22 of them. But eventually all of them once the arm is feeling better to sit at a computer and put them all in. And you can Pin them…there’s a button. You can Tweet them…there’s a button. And you can Facebook them…there’s a button. Lots of options (email, text!). But the most important being the ability to print them. If you look … [Read more...]

Interrogation week…

Chocolate Banana Mini Cupcakes with Fudgy Salted Caramel Frosting

I must have missed the memo that said it was email Peabody questions week. Holy cow. I am used to getting quite a bit of email but this week must have been REALLY slow at people’s work. None of them really hate mail either (so refreshing :P ) but some definitely quirky ones. So let’s answer a few shall we: We will start with my favorite question which won’t be addressed but was too interesting not to post: “I was just wondering if you were getting laid yet? If not, my brother’s roommate is a super nice guy with a good job. He loves the food I make for them from your website and says he finds you attractive. We live in the Seattle area. If you are interested, I can give you his info”. Wow. That is all. “What is your biggest pet peeve?” Well that’s kind of hard to say as it really changes daily depending on my mood. But since it’s the beginning of the year I have to say all the low carb people. I realize you lose weight doing it. I watch many a friend … [Read more...]

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