I was struck by a bolt of inspiration in the department of dessert making. In fact, I still have this lightening strike up in my current inspiration window- a magnificent jello monster that uses all the colors of the rainbow in combination with a creamed layer in between each.
It is stunning, and makes me [...]
I’ve been mentally straddling the line of eating healthier for a good two months now. Sure I have a stock pile of excuses as to why I’m still on the fence. Unfortunatley I’m really enjoying shuffling through these excuses! Getting ready to go monastic in the new year = new you tradition [...]
My Christmas present givers helped remind me of a significant gift for foodies in the kitchen: a kitchen aid stand mixer!
We promptly broke it out of its box and made fluffy eggnog with it. Good mixer.
In a moment of divine food blog inspiration, Michelle at Accidental Scientist made a batch of Christmas marshmallows- a [...]
Here’s a great extra credit assignment for kitchen geeks… making baked goods out of unsuspecting base ingredients.
I can’t remember my inspiration, most likely just contemplation of rummy goodness… adding flour to hot buttered rum mix equals great cookies!
Hot Buttered Rum Cookies
With a mixer combine:
1/3 cup hot buttered rum batter
1/3 cup cake flour
1/4 tsp baking [...]
One more drink to add to the list of holiday liquid ambrosia: Thom’s amazingly good, warming tonic to heal that which ails you, aka Hot Buttered Rum.
This isn’t that premade Tom and Jerry’s Batter… I know this Thom! Hot Buttered Rum is his Christmas specialty, a great drink to add to Thom’s repertoire.
Warning, this [...]
My Mom is a large player in influencing the favorites of my tastebuds. Eggnog is a big cherished taste bud memory in my child hood flavor storage.
Mom would whip up a batch of the fluffy stuff over the stove and I would sneak a sip of it while still warm. As [...]
I‘ve been brewing a very special relationship with Framboise Lambic this winter season. It’s become a drinkable dessert of choice. One that when consumed in 2 pints, allows one to forget about the stresses of the day. Us cheap dates have it easy this way!
Lambic is a surprising class of beer. It [...]
My weekend trip to Portland was fantastic! And the cupcakes have a new descriptor to add in their title, as they won the coconut category.
We rode up quickly Saturday morning with a stop in Albany to buy new riding gear (Happy Birthday to me!) from Mr. Ed’s Moto. The new jacket and pants [...]
Have you ever noticed how things taken with a flash just look… dirtier? I still can’t believe my computer now has a recipe folder labeled pussy…
I’m on my way out for a trip up to Portland tomorrow morning and am burning the midnight oil on this entry. Sweets and I are [...]
For the sweet finishing touch to our vegan meal, I decided to play up some chocolate tofu mousse. In cute tiny cordial glasses, I piped in a tower of tofu mousse made up with raspberry liquor and then drowned each tower with a flavorful moat.
Raspberry Cordial with Chocolate Mousse Kiss
The key to this sweetie [...]
