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Today is the birthday of this little guy: Darn Cute, isn’t he? I didn’t know him then. I met him years later…

Those wildflowers, Jamie and Deeba over at Mactweets challenged us this month to reinvent the chocolate macaron by pairing it with unusual flavor.…

One of my favorite cookbooks on my shelf is The Cookie Jar Cookbook by Steffi Berne. Each cookie recipe is beautifully photographed with…

I love these Charoset Truffles for Passover.  Trolling for something different to make for Passover, I found this idea for Charoset Truffles…

This post is kind of surprising coming from someone like me whose middle name is practically “Wiltongelcoloring.” I tint and sparkle almost everything…

Let me say right off I was hesitant to make and post these thinking they might be offensive or taken the wrong…

I am back to practicing decorating sugar cookies and feeling a slight cookie redemption coming on after posting those wackadoodle goatlambs a few days…

I have fun making faux food for April Fool’s Day. Last year, I made these French fries cookies with “ketchup” and “mayo”…

At the beginning of this month I promised myself I was going to practice decorating sugar cookies with royal icing, trying out…

Before you say eeeeeeeew, let me assure you of two things. One, this cake tastes nothing like sauerkraut and two, it’s one of…

One of my favorite treats as a child was delivered by the Good Humor Man. When we would hear him cycling down…

I love basil.  I love orange.  Period. These were perfect. The cookie itself is not very sweet but the orange frosting makes…

When I saw a post on Cupcakes Take the Cake announcing a cupcake store, Wir Machen Cupcakes (translation: We Make Cupcakes) had opened…

I travel a lot. When I am home for an extended period of time I welcome the opportunity to dive into my…

I know I know. This is my second post today. I was going to put these together with the last post for…

I am on a marshmallow making kick for sure. I already made a set for an Easter post.  These four leaf clover…

On one special trip to Istanbul I discovered sumac. I was trolling the Spice Bazaar saw a mound of it displayed and…

This month’s Dessert Wars challenge went Green. We were given two lists of green colored ingredients and had to pick at least one…

On my recent trip to NYC I had a list of bakeries to check out . Baked was at the top. Matt Lewis…

Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Anyone who knows me well most likely remembers my AIDS activist days in the…