I have a well-documented thing for honey. A crush on honey, no, a deep-seated need for honey – so drippy and persistent that it rivals the fat yellow bear in the red shirt. My pairing of choice is with butter; any toast or crackers below are just a platform, and if propriety would let me [...]
It’s not all glistening pools of jam and swirly frosting, you know. There are outtakes – trash heaps, a big ugly pile of things you don’t need to see on a food blog, starting with: A naked, salted chicken. This might excite the foodie and the few, but I don’t want to know about it. [...]
Today, we bid farewell to an old friend. It pains me to say so, but it’s time. Yes. Oven Mitty has pulled out his last banana bread. I know. It’s not easy for me either, buddy. We’ve worked in the trenches together for so long. How long? Let’s take a look. Good times, and not [...]
We spent much of 2007 making house-building plans, and I think it’s fair to say that no room, not by a long shot, received as much design (and re-design) attention as the kitchen. Given that I spend a high percentage of life leaning over a baking board, and as I’m on the wee stumpy side, [...]
Posted in fruit desserts, kitchen, mice on Sep 11th, 2008
I’ll be traveling through airports in the morning, sucking down Starbucks and looking for a decent snack – so the Scrambled Egg winner must wait, and will be announced Friday night. Just think – that adorable little whisk, the perfect kitchen bling, could be yours! But first, since I’ll be on the move tomorrow, we’re [...]
