Andrew and I drove back up to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving this year. It’s the first time I’ve ever driven back home for Thanksgiving. I used to drive back all the during Christmas. I usually left from visiting my friend in New Jersey on Christmas morning and zoomed my way up the east coast. It was [...]
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Perhaps this is not the best post for me to be writing. You see, I HATE coconut. I hate the taste of coconut and I hate the smell of coconut. I think the only time I enjoyed coconut was in college when we tried to bust one open by throwing it off the second story [...]
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by Simmie on November 2, 2010
in Cakes,Cookies,Cupcakes,Fun Cakes,General Baking,Uncategorized
Man, Halloween has come and gone. It came out of nowhere and suddenly we’re moving on to turkey and mashed potatoes. This Halloween was, probably not epic, but a ton of fun. On Saturday during the day we checked out the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall. If you want to [...]
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I just came back from a week at Lake Tahoe. The weather was beautiful, the water was clear, and the company delightful. It was a perfect vacation of reading, hiking, water skiing, relaxing, and eating. While I was there I took my first foray into high altitude baking and whipped up a batch of ginger [...]
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I’m heading out shortly for a week-long trip to Vienna and Munich. It’s mostly for work, but I plan on having some fun along the way too. There will be incessant updates of every minute detail of my day, so be on the lookout for that. But, before I go, I just have to leave [...]
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Today is Purim. Heard of it? It’s awesome. Purim is a holiday full of festivities, costumes, gifts, and general good cheer. The Purim story has scandal, manipulation, one really evil fella, a righteous dude, a cool queen, and plenty of intrigue. That evil dude is named Haman and we hate him so much, when reading [...]
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I’ve always been at battle with chocolate chip cookies. Many a-recipe tried, many a-disappointment felt. They were always too cakey or too crispy or too dry. As a frequent baker, I have always felt a twinge of shame knowing the best chocolate chip cookies I make come from a package. Yes, that’s right. A MIX. [...]
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It’s been a very green and pink couple of weeks for me. First I made an adorably-whimsical birthday cake and followed that up with these little baby shower onesie cookies. I’m finally learning to plan ahead a bit so I can afford the time it takes to add many of the little details. I’d like [...]
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by Simmie on November 13, 2009
I’ve known my friend Melissa since our freshman year of college. She’s a pretty fantastic person. Here are a few things about her: Melissa and I met because we were apparently the only two girls in our writing seminar who did sports. Turns out we did the same sport. Gymnastics. The first time I did [...]
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Baking, baking, baking! I went crazy this past week. Ninety-five sugar cookies, 8 dozen cupcakes, and one adorable candy corn cake later, I’m still not done. I’m on a baking roll. But I’m not baking rolls. We had a harvest festival at work this past weekend. They have moon bounces, face painting, food, and pumpkins [...]
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The weather is getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, it’s fall! I can hardly believe it’s here. Some how this summer flew by, and it’s been a great one, but I’m excited for autumn. I’m from New England and really, autumn is our season. We have apple picking (in sweaters), hay rides, pumpkin picking, [...]
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I am a rebel. I mean, I’m sure you all knew that already, but seriously, I am a culinary wild child. It’s ridiculous. How they even let me into the kitchen, I don’t know. And how I make it out…another one of life’s greatest mysteries. You want to know what I did to earn this [...]
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