Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
Yum We’ve all been there– you come home after an exhausting day of work, pick up the kids, swing by the grocery store to grab the groceries, and then heave the heavy bags through the door while everyone whines about…
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Yum Have you ever had a French Macaron? I mean, a REAL French macaron– not the American Coconut Macaroon. Macaron with 1 “o” is a delicate, utterly divine meringue cookie filled with your choice of filling. It is truly a…
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Yum Maybe you’re not like me. Maybe you are super duper organized and always have everything you need for a recipe, every single time. Maybe you sweep through the grocery store, kids and diaper bag in tow, singing “A Dream…
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Yum “Tale as old as time, true as it can be. Barely even friends, then somebody bends, Unexpectedly. Just a little change– small to say the least. Both a little scared; neither one prepared; Beauty and the Beast.” Beauty and the Beast has long…
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Yum I have long searched for a divinely fudgy, chocolate frosting. I have tried many many recipes, but I either found them too grainy, too “gritty” from added cocoa powder, or just plain yeeeeck from shortening. I had just about…
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Yum Perhaps it’s because I grew up in Pennsylvania. Perhaps it’s because when you are surrounded by German-descended people, you grow up eating foods like pork and sauerkraut and potato everything. Perhaps it’s because a warm, bacon-laden potato salad with…
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Vintage Pyrex Cookies If you have been on my site for any length of time, you know there are 2 great loves in my life: cookies and Vintage Pyrex. When I’m not baking, I’m prowling flea markets and thrift…
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