Posted in Recipes on Oct 27th, 2009
In so many ways, it would be easier to make a gargantuan batch of cookies. If a girl is going to sift one cup of flour, she might as well sift five. Then she’d have lots and lots of delicious cookies to dole out to friends and family, or to freeze for busy nights ahead.
The only thing [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 27th, 2009
Dear Deb,
I am so sorry I panicked. It wasn’t your fault. It was all mine.
You see, I’m just not that good at this baking stuff. I’ve had some pretty bad experiences in the past. Shortbread that blackened just five minutes into our relationship. An angel food cake with so much promise in the beginning that [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 18th, 2009
Once in a while, even the most cheerful girl is entitled to feeling inexplicably blue. And on such days, when life calls for chicken soup but there is no time to make it, sunflowers but your favourite florist is closed, a new sparkly bauble but your pocketbook vetoes the purchase… a girl can always whip [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 10th, 2009
I absolutely love accidental recipes. The sort that come about, for example, when you want to impress your boyfriend’s mom with your reliable Cranberry Chocolate Bread but realize that plump August cherries are more appropriate for the season than frozen cranberries. And that as a result, almonds would be more complementary than the originally-called-for walnuts.
And [...]