Forrest said it best when he said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” Unless, of course, they give you one of those handy chocolate decoder maps… or if you decorate them so you can tell them apart. That helps too. Continue reading
Category Archives: holiday
mardi gras king cake
We celebrated Shrove Tuesday with our Dutch Baby from Baked Occasions. Here in the U-S-of-A this day is called “Mardi Gras” – aka: Fat Tuesday and is celebrated by eating our faces off in preparation for Lent, or ya know, just because we can. Continue reading
thursday things – owl cafes, new oreos, and a super bowl round up
In case you were wondering, I’ve decided that it’s time to move to Japan. Apparently owl cafes are a thing there and I can’t possibly resist.
Thanksgiving Round-up
The Menu
These cheddar-bacon gougeres can work double-time as an appetizer or a side.
Let your guests enjoy some easy brie bites while they wait for the turkey to cook! Continue reading
Jeni’s Spinalong #4 – Salty Vanilla Frozen Custard with Halloween Candy
With the extension and expansion of our Jeni’s Spinalong project we’ve gone monthly! This gives us a much better grasp of being able to have a “month-centric” theme. For me, October is a lot of things. It is colorful fall leaves, brisk cool air (well, it used to be at least). Since October in Phoenix is apparently a high of 106 today, it’s hard to get into those “cool fall flavors” so I stuck with something that can be “October-y” wherever you are in the country – HALLOWEEN!
Meanwhile, Shannon over at A Periodic Table made a super alluring PB+J Sandwich with Milk Ice Cream Terrine because she wants me to die from excitement. Continue reading