A Home Cook's Journal of Tastes & Morsels
Once upon a time, two people lived across the street from one another for decades. Back then, she was wild-haired and eccentric–blushing her cheeks with lipstick at the window, counting the birds feeding at the end of the drive. She was known to succumb to her own worries and whims, but he was safe–a gentle…
MAN, birthdays are just the best. You get to be around your favorite people, you get to plan fun things to do, and SOMETIMES, there are presents. Oh, and cake. For days. In fact, I can’t think of a single birthday I have had, ever, in which there has not been a trove of leftover…
Perhaps there are so many people who get excited for Halloween because it’s a chance to try on something that normally doesn’t fit. We dress up like the things we are not, we crowd the streets with our bodies instead of our cars, and we parade around neighborhoods and parties asserting to the ones we…
Somebody help me, because I can’t stop eating these things. Actually, they are so good, that I don’t even know if I want help. This is the kind of recipe that changes things, you see. You will find yourself thinking it looks delicious. You will realize you have all the ingredients already. And then, if…
In much the same way that I cannot drink an Americano without thinking of this song, here I find myself unable to communicate how awesome it is to make your own brown sugar without being reminded of this horribly offensive tune. The minute I discovered Joy the Baker’s prescription for this household staple, Mick Jagger…
