Tag: baking

One year ago today, I was sitting around with nothing to do, and so I started a food blog. OK, it didn't exactly happen like that. If you've been reading along, you have …

A confession: I've never been to Mardi Gras. I realize it counts as one of those things you should do in your life but I'm kind of afraid that that ship has sailed. …

Ken and I have been together more than eleven years, and married for almost seven. Although on occasion he still makes my breath quicken and my heart go pitterpat, I think the real boon …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/4286148847/" title="Nanaimo 6 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4286148847_86c9a4447b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Nanaimo 6" /></a> <br /><br /> It's time for the Daring Bakers again, and while this month's challenge presented its own obstacles, It had …

<br /><br /> It's Daring Bakers time again, and this time they made me build a freaking gingerbread house. Although this seems like a lighthearted fun activity that's perfect to share with the kiddos, be …

Every Christmas season when I was growing up, my mother and I would bake cookies. Sugar cookies, oatmeal cookies, gingerbread. I remember standing at the kitchen counter, stirring the dough, and sitting at the …

I know what you're thinking. Fruitcake? Really? And yes, I am well aware of fruitcake's reputation as the bane of the holidays. But fruitcake doesn't have to be a joke.  …