“Hey, honey,” Samuel said the other day, looking up from his homework, “Do you think we have a lot in common?” I scratched my head thoughtfully, “Yeah,” I said. My mind drifted to the chocolate ice cream in the freezer. If only it had peanut butter in it. What is it with these Germans and … Read more
“Hey, honey,” Samuel said the other day, looking up from his homework, “Do you think we have a lot in common?” I scratched my head thoughtfully, “Yeah,” I said. My mind drifted to the chocolate ice cream in the freezer. If only it had peanut butter in it. What is it with these Germans and … Read more
Being a mom means that I don’t have all the time in the world for baking that I used to. I spend most of my waking hours playing with, reading to, feeding, squeezing the thighs of and bouncing the curls of my (six month old!!!!!!!) son. But does this mean I am any less worthy … Read more
Let’s be honest, when you find yourself in a situation where you need to make gluten free cookies, you usually don’t need to make five dozen. Whether it’s for you or for your poor, pitiable celiac friend. Of course, sometimes, in the case that you are the celiac in question (which happens to be my … Read more
Let’s be honest, when you find yourself in a situation where you need to make gluten free cookies, you usually don’t need to make five dozen. Whether it’s for you or for your poor, pitiable celiac friend. Of course, sometimes, in the case that you are the celiac in question (which happens to be my … Read more
You may think that in these weeks leading up to Christmas I’ve been lazing around doing nothing but crunching down candy canes and putting off buying all my gifts till the last minute. This is only partially true. For the past few weeks, I have been trying to learn how to make decent fudge. … Read more
No, these are not made of seaweed, as my brother assumed, but out of the wonderful, heavenly substance of matcha green tea powder. I first discovered matcha at Starbucks. I always ordered a green tea latte. Of course I decided if Starbucks can do it, so can I, so I set to work trying to … Read more
I had the best grandpa. From Grandpa, I learned how to be frugal. When we would go to Sam’s Club (partly for the groceries, mostly for the free samples), he would always buy us a big pop right when we got there. He always advised us to drink it fast so we could get a … Read more