When you think of Cleopatra, as one often does, do you picture her surrounded by muscle men with fans holding bunches of grapes for her to nibble? Well, let me blow your mind. Those muscle men might just have been dangling marshmallows for her! Marshmallows actually started as candies made from the sap of an […]
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greater babka
I like to imagine that babka is some ancient Eastern European food, with family recipes hidden in nesting dolls, like secrets waiting to be discovered. But, it is a pretty recent mash up of challah bread and extravagant fillings. That doesn’t make it any less wonderful of an indulgence, with its rich dough the perfect […]
happy national play ‘doh day
Growing up, I would alternately bug my mom for a puppy and to play with play ‘doh every few weeks. I just loved rolling it out, smushing it, making it end up as one big blog of marbleized achievement. Plus, I had the play ‘doh hair cut set that just was the coolest toy ever- […]
caramalized pie crust
I made a pretty crappy girl scout (there never seemed to be enough s’mores to eat and we got lost in the woods a lot. I was only in it for the cookies and maybe the outfit), but one thing I do believe in is, always be kind of prepared. Or be prepared for the […]
boredom busters
Ignoring all the awful stuff, 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things, like the boss who turned into a potato while on a zoom call, realizing how closely roadside big cat attractions and weird sex cults were linked, and feeling like having 20 rolls of toilet paper stashed in a closet was the […]
fun with acids and bases!
Everyone loves stuff that changes color. It is magical, it is shocking, it is like a version of peek-a-boo that we don’t grow out of. background: sure you could tell your kids you are just a magical witch and this is a potion you boiled up, or you can give them some background knowledge that […]
dreamsicle/ creamsicle ice cream cake
What kind of cake do you make for the kid who doesn’t like cake? Who doesn’t like chocolate? Who has a sweet tooth that can only be described as random, fickle and picky? A creamsicle ice cream cake, of course. I was excited and up for the challenge to create a cake that wasn’t cake-like […]
nestle chocolate chip cookies
Doesn’t everyone have a little bit of cookie monster in them? And the one cookie that inspires the most cookie monster like “nom nom nom nom” cheer is nestle’s back of the bag recipe. People might tweak it, people might slam their cookie sheets on the counter like mad men, but the truth is, when […]
brownie bake-off
If you looked up uncompetitive in the dictionary, I would be so not competitive I wouldn’t even care that my picture wasn’t in there as the definition. After we learned square dancing in elementary gym class I spent the next ten years of PE moving as little as possible and staring into space (except for […]
brioche
Brioche is the dream girl of bread. Charming shapes, airy with the substance of eggs and butter, perfect for adding in whatever decadent filling you want, amazing in “days after” recipes like French toast or bread pudding- this is the bread that once you have in your life you hold on to for dear life. […]