Last night we had dinner from La Piazza with my parents for my dad’s birthday. I really think La Piazza ranks as one of the best pizza places for grandma pizza in New York. Uncle Guiseppe’shas become my new go-to spot for dessert. Rather than get a cake, I opted for a variety...
To those who kept me on a straight path, Barringers, the pugs, and the cat I used to visit in the UAE, at the small computer shop. For the wonderful places, I knew intimately and used for settings including Bon Secour, Alabama-may they remain the same. As for the ending of the no...
2. In a large bowl, gently mix the ingredients; spoon into crust-lined pie plate. 3. Top with second crust. Wrap excess top crust under bottom crust edge, pressing edges together to seal. Cut slits or shapes in several places in top crust. 4. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until app...
Rachel and I met our first week at college, where we lived two doors down from each other, and became friends immediately. Rach has always amazed me with her
My mom recently gave me a bottle of hazelnut creamer which I find every excuse to use. The other morning, while pouring some of the creamer into my coffee, I had a thought. What if I could make a Nutella-like frosting by making a chocolate ganache with hazelnut creamer instead of heavy...
I can’t take credit for this fun idea, I’ve seen it a few places online but I’m not sure where it came from originally. I finished up a few baking projects and I wanted to give this one a shot last minute, so I’m sorry I don’t have any process shots for you! The trick...
We can’t cut down their hiding places and every time the boys go out, we have to do a tick check when they come back in. On topic, I have long had a steamy love affair with Milano cookies. Don’t leave me in the same state room with the chocolate orange ones them or I’...
cakes, it’s not the loudest root beer flavor (unsurprising as most root beers today are pretty subtle). One way to make it more pronounced, as suggested in Baked, is to swap out half a cup of root beer for root beer schnapps, which looks like it is availablefrom a few places ...
If you come to Boston, you can join me at Mr. Crepe in Davis Square, Somerville or at Johnny D’s across the street for an oatmeal that I actually travel over an hour to get. Yum! (There is also a number of cupcake places, but I do not recommend Kickass Cupcakes. They tend to ...
I made them twice in the last two weeks to bring to various places. I find that normal sized cupcakes bake up gorgeous and perfect, but have been unable to make minis that worked — either I screwed up the right ratio of chocolate to filling or I cooked them the wrong time. Anyway, ...