cruising through quarter life crisis with my KitchenAid
From the category archives:
This recipe is probably from a lovely little Italian grandmother who not only makes the best tiramisu, but also the greatest pastas and tomato sauces. However, the live demonstration in my kitchen was done by an Italian man in his twenties. Nonetheless, I can guarantee that the recipe originated from a rustic kitchen [...]
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I just think it’s so quaint when someone refers to that cake that they always had at family gatherings. The “it” cake of the family, if you will. Growing up, my birthday cakes have been interesting and wildly different every year depending on geographical location and later on, the temperamental weather in May [...]
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This is one of my favourite Barefoot Contessa Recipes, adapted to a personal pan size for those “emergency brownie days”. Emergency brownie days in my books are usually also accompanied by vodka, if it happens to be available in the fridge. That’s how I concluded brownies were probably, most likely, created by [...]
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After reading Alexis Stewart’s post on making this Heaven and Hell Cake from Saveur.com, I wanted to give it a whirl, too. Since then, I’ve whirled at least three times to get it right. Today, I can finally share something.
The reason why it’s called Heaven and Hell Cake is because the cake layers [...]
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If you’re blissfully unaware of the nerdiness that today inspired, I apologize for ruining this ignorance. Apparently, March 14th is a recognized “holiday” called Pi Day, and yes, people celebrate by having pie at 1:59 (am? pm? undetermined).
While I can’t say I’m a big pie person, Alex loves apple pie. So when he [...]
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