every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in My So-Called Life on Nov 15th, 2008
Homemade visuals normally get tossed into Drawing Board, but - it’s Saturday, and I’m much too lazy for a full-on post. And it’s not like you’ll be cooking today or anything. Surely on the weekend, reservations and wordless posts are best.
Anyway, found within a stack and then another stack of dubious food-sketchbook archives, here is [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, My So-Called Life on Nov 13th, 2008
On our 15th anniversary, a look back at the most important cake I never made.
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We’d insisted on a November wedding – autumn, crisp and comfortable – but now, standing in satin heels before a seated crowd at the Knickerbocker Hotel, I thought, what the hell does it matter what month it is, except that I’m [...]
Posted in Tell Simmer, recipes on Oct 28th, 2008
Carole Walter is a master baker who’s written six major cookbooks and taught 25,000 students over 30 dedicated years. She’s known as a “seasoned, creative and accomplished baking and food professional specializing in American and European pies, cakes, cookies, pastries, desserts, and breads.” So…with all that international acclaim, media love and a James Beard award-winning [...]
Posted in Let's Bake, recipes on Oct 10th, 2008
Do you know what I’ve learned about blogging? Never type a promise you can’t keep. You know, like “read my lips” or in this case, “read my crumb cake.” I dangled a crumb cake photo the other day - wait, here it is…
…and giddily responding to comments - I am always giddy with the comments [...]
Posted in My So-Called Life, New Old House on Sep 7th, 2008
One whole year? As in photos and recipes and 260 posts about nothing, fluffy as frosting?
Impossible.
