Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
Yum You may not believe this, but the absolute #1, most popular flavor of ice cream in America, by far, is . . . . are you ready for this? Yep– it’s plain ‘ole vanilla. That’s right. Vanilla is my…
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Yum I think about England a lot. Obviously, as you can tell, my blog name says I’d love to go there. More on that here. But, sometimes, I chuckle just thinking about all the things that make America so much…
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Yum Well, this post starts with several important announcements: I have created a new facebook page for this ‘ole site, Cookies for England. Check it out here. It’s a new facebook page, so please give the little teensy baby some…
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Yum Have you ever made homemade ice cream? Boy . . . there is just nothing better on a hot, sticky summer night than going out on the porch, watching the fireflies dance, and mixing up a batch. After the…
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Yum My toddler and I have a neat tradition when we go grocery shopping– we like to take a swing by the bakery case and look at all the cool birthday cakes. I remember doing this same thing, with my…
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Yum I try to resist, but whenever I find myself at Wendy’s, I just have to order the chili. I have read articles about “Fast foods you should never eat,” and reports that leftover beef is used . ….
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Yum Even though it’s been cold, and we have been snowed under 2 feet of the evil white stuff (it only ceases to be “evil” at Christmas, and that’s long since past), there have been a few warm days, here…
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Yum Well, here we are in cold, silent January. Don’t get me wrong– there are beautiful things about winter: the crisp crunch of snow underfoot, the chilly kiss of steam curling from your coffee cup, or the silent, sterile beauty…
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Yum Mousse, at its core, is basically frothy, lightened egg whites folded into a custard or ganache. But, you know . . . as I was making regular mousse, and folding my egg whites into my lime custard, I thought…
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Yum The first time I ever went to Red Robin, I glanced over the menu and stopped on one bewitching little item: Freckled Lemonade. “What in the world is Freckled Lemonade?” I thought to myself. “How in the world can…
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