This may sound strange coming from a non-coffee-drinking teetotaler, but I am huge sucker for tiramisu. I think it's because it triggers all the trifle pleasure centers in my brain, of which there are very, very many. I mean, it basically is a trifle, right? Soft cake-like layer? Check. Creamy layer?
My parents were in town last week for my son's birthday party, so they were around when I was making and photographing some SugarHero desserts. When my mom walked into the kitchen and saw this cake, she stopped, smiled and said, "Oh honey, everything you make is so-" A pause.
Being a procrastinator is awesome. I made these Peanut Butter and Jelly Brownie Sandwiches last week and fully intended to post them over the weekend. Well, things happened-things like running 18 miles on Saturday (yes, long distance training is back!)
So how are those New Year's Resolutions coming? Been hitting the gym twice a day, have you? Just saying no to carbs of all shapes and sizes? Enjoying your thrice-daily egg white and protein powder omelets? Yeah, me too. High five!
Valentine's Day is about celebrating love. Some people may think it's about the love for a significant other, or family, or best friends, or even pets. Those people are dead wrong. To me, Valentine's Day is about celebrating the most important love of all: chocolate.
Pssst, remember lava cakes? The menu mainstay of classy dessert joints for the past decade or so? For awhile it seemed they were everywhere-you couldn't pick up a menu without seeing yet another variation of a lava cake.
By this point, I like to think that we're friends. I mean, this beautiful friendship bracelet that I'm making for you certainly indicates that. And, because we're friends, you know me. You know that I like hot chocolate and bread pudding and deep-frying ridiculous things.
Arrested Development Anticipation week continues, aka that week where 10th Kitchen and I post recipes and obscure in-jokes about a tv show that went off the air 7 years ago. As a blogging strategy to not alienate any readers, it's pure genius!
I receive a lot of press releases in my inbox. They usually start with a chipper greeting and an assurance that "I know your readers will love this!"