Category Archives: Saucy, Savory, Salty & Sugary

Bare it All: Taking the Mother Hubbard Challenge

One of my this-month’s-resolutions (year resolutions are just not my thing) is derived from a poem you may know. Have you read the first stanza of that old classic poem about Old Mother Hubbard and her zany pup? via Well, I have no dog, and I don’t keep the cat food in the cupboard, soContinue reading “Bare it All: Taking the Mother Hubbard Challenge”

Chocolate Truffle Tart . . .

I get nervous trying new recipes sometimes. I mean, who doesn’t? You never really know how it’s going to turn out – especially when it’s not posted by amateur bakers like yourself. Trying to mimic professional cooking conditions is not so easy when you rent an apartment with an electric stove and limited kitchen space.Continue reading “Chocolate Truffle Tart . . .”

Bring on the Cheesecake

Until this week, I had never made cheesecake before, but at student request I undertook my very first. I found this recipe and, after salivating (ridiculously) over the (ridiculously) delectable photos on Jennifer McHenry’s blog, I decided it would be my first foray into the land of cake and cheese.  I’ll let you go to theContinue reading “Bring on the Cheesecake”

The Apples of My Eye. . .

I have been apple picking four different times in the past few weeks. In addition to a raging case of poison ivy (and potentially-but-hopefully NOT . . .  Lyme disease?), I have been given some remarkable opportunities to creatively use apples.     By the time I had finished a small batch of apple sauceContinue reading “The Apples of My Eye. . .”

Delicata: Squashing ALL the Competition

Delicata squash is basically God’s gift to squash. I know what you’re thinking . . . it looks so meek and unassuming. It’s a squash, for crying out loud. One run-in with a solid butternut and it’d be, well, squashed. But, no. I’m here to tell you that Delicata might be a little . .Continue reading “Delicata: Squashing ALL the Competition”

PUMP[kin]ED About FALL!

I LOVE pumpkin flavored things. In fact, I am recently convinced that pumpkin beer is my gateway-drink to actual beer in the same way that iced coffee is the reason why I started drinking actual coffee so many years ago- there is something magical about that pumpkinny flavor! Bake it, brew it, bottle it, bedazzleContinue reading “PUMP[kin]ED About FALL!”

Sheep Pops

Some of you may remember that, once upon a time, I made some passable-looking Boston Terrier Cake Pops, yes? Well, not so very long ago, my sister asked if I would be willing to undertake the making of some more ovine pops in honor of an upcoming baby-shower. Always game for a challenge, I wentContinue reading “Sheep Pops”

Hamlet: A Positive Experience

Hooray for Hamlet!!! Maybe you think the excitement/exclamation points are a little ridiculous. Hamlet is not exactly the most positive story in the Shakesperian repertoire. Things I Free-Associate With Hamlet Include: Alas poor Yorrick über-morbid grave-digging humor bat-shit crazy heartbroken girlfriends soliloquies on suicide bloody death-fests with poison-tipped swords Overarchingly not-positive, right? You know notContinue reading “Hamlet: A Positive Experience”

A “Healthy” Treat

Occasionally, my sweet tooth hits an insatiable level, as I’ve mentioned before. In those moments, when my sugar cravings are hulking out, I have been attempting to enjoy sweet treats that have some redemptive scrap of nutritional value. Having finally wearied of turning on the oven to bake chick-pea based cookies (which are still delicious, by theContinue reading “A “Healthy” Treat”