bad ass brownies.

If you are a brownie lover you should probably (for sure) watch this video. Find out how to make amazing brownies every time with these trade secrets from the lovely Kir Jensen – cook book author and sweet maker extraordinaire of my absolute favorite food cart of all time:  The Sugar Cube. Don’t you just […]

weekends are for eating and other stuff too.

Weekends are for eating…. At the Belmont food carts with Chris & Becca. Another pork belly sandwich + fries @ Lardo  A Tahitian Vanilla + Stumptown Coffee waffle cone at Fifty Licks Drinking delicious cocoa and sharing a chocolate croissant, a vanilla bean cheese danish and an orange anise pastry with James & Ash at Lovejoy […]

This weekend….. We celebrated my brother-in-law Cory’s birthday. Burgers + dessert at Papa Haydn. I just realized that I pretty much have a burger every weekend.  Hmmmm….I might have an addiction.  Also….I just might have a new addiction to the dessert below.  It’s called the Java Jolt and it’s an espresso brownie with mousse inside […]

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pie schmie.

Remember those little apple hand pies  I made last week? Well….they were super easy.  Even for me and my lack of enthusiasm for baking.  Because of this, I thought I’d let you in on the recipe.  Here it is, courtesy of Baked By Rachel (original recipe from Fine Cooking): INGREDIENTS:1 Tbs. unsalted butter  1 large sweet […]

mini chocolate desserts.

This weekend our friends Becca & Chris  came over for dinner. They brought their adorable little boy Bennett and he and Marley had a little play date.  It was super cute.  Here’s a picture of the two of them sharing their toys. Marley saw Bennett playing with his toys, so she went over to her […]

finally a recipe. actually two.

I haven’t posted a recipe in awhile. Although I have received feedback that people like them. The reason for the lack of recipes is that  I’ve been a lazy homemaker these days. Mostly because I’m not really a homemaker.  Mostly because I work 40 hours a week and don’t feel like cooking once I get […]