Ok, sweet friends, I’m off!  We’re off to get married!  I will be back in about a month. We’re aiming for a cell phone-free, computer-less, and TV-free honeymoon.  Technology has no business on a honeymoon. So, that said, I have a recipe or two pre-scheduled to post, but I won’t be around for any baking [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’ll just come right out and say it:  this is my favorite recipe on the site so far.  And it’s not even really a new recipe:  I took my recipe for 1 dozen chocolate chip cookies, pressed the dough into my grandmother’s 6″ pie pan and baked it for 30 minutes.  It’s perfect as-is, but [Click to Continue Reading...]

The minute I scaled down cheesecake to serve two people and made those mini New York cheesecakes, my mind started spinning with ideas for variations.  Since it’s Pumpkin month (I guess some people call it October, to each his own), pumpkin cheesecake with maple whipped cream had to be made. The crust is effortless:  drop [Click to Continue Reading...]

On my most stressful days, I need a bite of cold creamy cheesecake.  But, I never have the time to make a whole cheesecake on days like that.  Enter mini cheesecakes!  One bowl, 15 minutes plus chill time and you’re in heaven.  This recipe makes 4 cupcake-sized cheesecakes. It gets better:  instead of grinding up [Click to Continue Reading...]

A few things they don’t teach you in college but they really should: 1.  Be charitable.  Give yourself: your time, your money, your thoughts, your prayers to someone in need.  The more you give, the more you will receive, but try not to think about that part too much.  I have a few friends (Seth [Click to Continue Reading...]

Let’s face it: we live in a Momofuku world. Desserts these days are prized for taking hours to create, containing outlandish ingredients, and requiring surgeon-like skills to execute. If you’re not familiar with the wild desserts coming out of this New York restaurant, here is a good article by Bon Appetit. I think desserts like [Click to Continue Reading...]

Let me interupt the Valentine’s Day Breakfast in Bed for Two series to bring y’all a little something chocolate-y.  I made this rich cake for my Nutella-holic friends over at Bella Nutella.  It’s a gussied up version of Eclair Cake: vanilla bean Frangelico pastry cream layered between graham crackers smeared with Nutella. To get the [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’ve noticed that when people find out I’m a Texan, they assume a few things:  I’m mighty friendly, I love biscuits and barbecue, and I know a thing or two about Southern hospitality.  And none of those things is wrong.  But, I have to admit the hospitality part trips me up sometimes.  When faced with unexpected [Click to Continue Reading...]