Ok, this post is going up a little later than I wanted but at least I made it before Easter – why is it when you *have* to get a post up on time that things invariably go wonky? I wanted to share this cake that I picked out from Martha Stewart Living’s special Cakes and Cupcakes edition, as it’s so apropos for the holiday.
An Easter Egg Cake for Easter
March 30th, 2013 · 11 Comments · Cakes, Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews
Tags:cake·cakes and cupcakes·chocolate·easter·martha stewart·truffles
{Cookbook Review} Souvenirs and the Making of Memories
March 18th, 2013 · 9 Comments · Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews, Tarts
Pineapple carpaccio with lemon sorbet, cilantro granité, pineapple chips, and crystallized cilantro from Souvenirs.
Isabelle is two months old! I can’t believe how much she has changed in eight short weeks. It’s like the saying, “The days are long, but the years are short.” I’ve always been a nostalgic person. Even though I know there are years and years of joy ahead in discovering my daughter, I’m already feeling the passage of days. She can do so many things now she didn’t do before: the little coos she makes when she’s curious. Her smiles at me (she’s smiling!). The mini push-ups she does when she’s on her tummy and trying to lift her head. The way she looks around for me and focuses right on my face – who would have thought that being recognized would evoke such a palpable sense of joy?
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{Contest} Win a Year’s Worth of Chuao Chocolate
February 5th, 2013 · 14 Comments · Chocolate, Giveaways, Reviews
Hi all,
Thanks so much for all your kind wishes and congratulations. These last two weeks have seemed like a lifetime in a completely new reality. We’re learning more about Isabelle and how to be parents to her every day, and every day she seems to have grown a little more. It’s hard to believe that in another week she’ll be a month old. We made a outing to the local baby store and a couple with a six month old in a stroller looked rather wistfully at us and said, “Enjoy her now. She’ll be big before you know it.” I can scarcely imagine. My days are measured in minutes and hours right now and six months seems unfathomably distant.
{Cookbook Review}: 2012 Baking Cookbook Roundup
December 19th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Cookbooks, Reviews
Thanks to all who entered the minted giveaway! The winner, chosen by random number generator, is:
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{Cookbook Review} ‘Tis the Time for Better Nutter Butters
December 3rd, 2012 · 11 Comments · Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews
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Apples for Autumn: {Cookbook Review} More From Macrina
September 21st, 2012 · 9 Comments · Breads, Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews
Thank you to all of you for your well-wishes and e-mails. It means a great deal to me to know there’s so much support coming from all over the web. I go between excited and nervous, often within the space of minutes, and oftentimes simultaneously, so it’s definitely never dull here. I also didn’t mention that while I haven’t been able to report any outlandish food cravings, my sweet tooth has really diminished! Which is weird and disconcerting, and of course not the best news for a dessert-themed blog. I still want to bake, but many times I just don’t know what I want to make. Maybe it’s nature’s way of telling me I’ve already accumulated enough sugar in my system over the years and I need to put some other foods in it?
