Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
Yum Have you ever tried a homemade waffle cone? I recently got an ice cream machine, and I have been LOVING it. I can make sorbet, sherbet, ice cream, frozen yogurt gelato . . . ahhhh it’s bliss. And friends,…
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I think Death by Chocolate Cheesecake is probably the method I would choose for my demise. Just set me adrift in a little boat, in a billowing chocolate sea of the glorious stuff, and give me a spoon for a…
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Lady Chef “You’re very tall. You wear what . . . an 11 or 12 shoe?” The sales lady rummaged behind the desk. “Um . . . 7 1/2.” She resurfaced. “That’s impossible. You’re too tall to have that…
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London “It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.” –George VI London. I have saved…
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How to describe the Angelina Hot Chocolate that I had in Paris. Let’s see. Picture the worst breakup you’ve ever had, cured. Mix that with a little PMS screaming for chocolate relief, managed, and multiply that times the Chocolate Fountain…
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Paris “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” — Ernest Hemingway When we…
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The first thing I did when I got back from my dream England vacation was make these Blue Cornflower Macarons. There are multiple reasons I did this . . . I had just gone to Paris and tasted the finest macarons…
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England Now comes the part of my journey (after first heading to Ireland, and then to Scotland) where I get to say . . . I MADE IT TO ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *confetti guns going off* *uproarious cheers from the crowd* *Champagne…
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Scotland After our trip to Ireland we climbed aboard the Irish Airline, Aer Lingus– green airplanes (of course!) with a dashing little clover on the tail. Our redheaded flight attendants walked up and down the rows while we gazed out the…
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Ireland Well, I have finally taken my trip of a lifetime to the UK (and sundries), and it started out innocently enough. If you remember how I started my blog, you know that it was originally begun in a madcap…
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