From the monthly archives:

September 2009

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

September 30, 2009

Pin it If this blog were written by 13 year old me instead of 28 year old me… I can safely say that I would blog about these White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies every. single. day. One bite of these cookies and… oh heavens! I feel like I’m being dropped off at the mall to [...]

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Summertimes 2009s

September 27, 2009

Pin it Holy Heck! When did Fall sneak up on me!? I could use a deep breath… how about you? Here we are at the end of September and I’m more than ready to go shopping for winter tights and oversized sweaters… not to mention jumping in the kitchen to bake up my favorite pumpkin [...]

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Red Velvet Cake with Fluffy White Frosting

September 23, 2009

Pin it Ooooh God. This is embarrassing. This is about to happen. Here’s a small excerpt from Joy’s (before she was the Baker) diary circa late 1996. I had strong feelings about a lot of things back then… my first crush named Hayden, my best friend turned enemy, the television show Seinfeld, making the volleyball [...]

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Homemade and Handmade Pasta

September 22, 2009

Pin it Can I tell you a secret? Sometimes I lack all confidence in the kitchen. It’s true. Sometimes a project will keep me up at night. Sometimes the ingredient list will just baffle me. Sometimes I hold my breath as I incorporate the ingredients, or I second guess myself and reread the recipe with [...]

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How To Make Cake Flour

September 20, 2009

Pin it Cake flour. Let’s face facts: I never have cake flour on hand when I need it. Luckily, there’s a super easy way to turn good old all-purpose flour into cake flour, lightening your cake crumb, making it super soft and delicious. Maybe you already know this trick. It’s a good one. Here’s [...]

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Zucchini Pancakes

September 15, 2009

Pin it Is it just me, or are there butterflies everywhere? Maybe it’s butterfly hatching season…. that’s a technical term: butterfly hatching. Obviously. Exhibit A: On a particularly rough day at work, a butterfly just about the size of my hand fluttered around me showing off its black, yellow and red wings. Absolutely gorgeous. Exhibit [...]

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Things I Totally Love.

September 14, 2009

Pin it Bread. Love. Bread. I’m on a tiny bit of a vacation these days. Tiny. Seriously. Also… I’m kinda still working, but that’s mostly because I can’t help myself. While I’m away… sort of away, I want to show what I love. Can I share a bit with you? Here’s one thing! I [...]

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Chocolate Croissants in 30 Minutes Flat!

September 11, 2009

Pin it I faked it. I faked it just a little bit with these croissants. See, these croissants were hot from the oven and onto my breakfast plate in less than 30 minutes because I used frozen, all-butter puff pastry instead of slaving over homemade croissant dough. Real croissant dough has yeast, a bit of [...]

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Cookies plus Coffee minus the Kitchen

September 10, 2009

Pin it After extensive… and I do mean extensive research, I’ve determined that certain items always taste better if someone else makes them for you. It’s like when someone else draws a bath for you… maybe with bubbles or salts, and perfectly warm water. Dang, that’s a good bath… somehow way better than it would [...]

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What the Heck is Farro…? Plus an End of Summer Veggie and Farro Salad!

September 9, 2009

Pin it How about a quick lesson on my newest and favorite food find? You in? I’m droppin’ knowledge. Let’s talk farro! Farro is a grain commonly and presently grown in Italy. It doesn’t have strictly Italian roots… those roots would probably be somewhere in the Middle East, but Italy is a mighty fine producer [...]

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Did You Win!? Did You Win!?

September 8, 2009

Pin it I’ve got a great cure for the Tuesday Blues! It’s time to give goodies away! Close to 1,000 of you darling people have so graciously entered for this humble giveaway including Rishi Tea, Morning Glory Confections and Baggu bags. A cool 15 of you won won won! Click on through and see if [...]

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Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies

September 5, 2009

Pin it Sometimes I have imaginary phone conversations. Ok… this happens a lot. They go a little something like this: Hello..? Yes, hi. I’d like to speak with the person in charge of making up all these clever food holidays like today’s Bacon Day. Oh, that’s you? Excellent. I have a few additional food holidays [...]

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Gift Bag Giveaway! So Many Ways to Win!!

September 4, 2009

Pin it What’s the best part of going to a party? Let me answer that for you…. the Gift Bag!!! Now… it doesn’t happen very often now that I’m an adult, but the best part about leaving my friends’ birthday parties between the ages of 6 and 10 was the gift bag. Something about that [...]

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My Favorite Red Velvet Cupcakes

September 2, 2009

Pin it God sure does have a clever sense of humor, wouldn’t you say!? Yes. Here’s how I know: I’m dating a faaaaantastic man who… doesn’t know the difference between a pie and a cake… a muffin and a cupcake. Funny, right? This has to be a joke… right? Nope. Ok. To be fair. It’s [...]

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