This pudding is from Jake’s childhood, so it tastes like a memory. I remember it too! And I like what I remember. Now I don’t have to think that far back because, yesterday, I ate that pudding cup in the back (the one with the red flowers) before dinner. Sometimes dessert first is real life. There’s never love triangle drama when vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers, and bananas hang out. Don’t even worry about it. And…
It’s just not right to turn on the oven when it’s 90° out, and therefore 90° in my flat. I pushed through two oven-heating sides for our BBQ feast Monday; there was no way I was going to be able to make/eat the warm peach goodness I had in mind. But don’t worry, you guys! This is chilly granita tastes just like peach pie! You should probably make this next time you’re craving pie or…
Let’s drink hot chocolate together, ok? Let’s drink it while looking out the window at my car that’s stuck in a snow pile. Let’s drink it while watching Jake make BLTs for lunch. And let’s sip it while Elliot snores under his penguin blanket. Let’s drink it while sweeping the floor clean of sprinkles, and between loads of laundry, and while listening to The Clash. Mostly, let’s just drink hot chocolate on a snow day…
Chocolate love. Remember how I think it’s the most fun when food is incorporated into my job? This is the latest example. This whole story makes me want to go sledding. And then drink hot chocolate a little too fast. What about you? Winter 2010-11 // Detroit Home magazine Art Direction by Jessica Decker + she made the chocolate letters Styling by Aleene Jinn George Photography by Cybelle Codish Hot chocolate, marshmallows and freckled whipped…
Jake won’t let me bake my own birthday cake. He thinks that’d be ridiculous. So for my birthday (last week) he took it into his own hands. When he asked what kind of cake I wanted, it turned out tiramisu was the sweet treat I was dreaming of. Jake set to work finding just the right recipe. Dorie Greenspan hooked him up with a dreamy cake that tastes just like the layered dessert! It’s a birthday…
Thanksgiving happened! I helped my mom by making the green bean casserole, peeling potatoes, forming the rolls, confirming that turkey was getting a nice bronze tan, and by making this cheesecake. My mom loves cheesecake, so I figured she’d be the perfect lady to hang out with and bake my first real one. I mean, I’ve made mini’s before and cupcakes before, but this was the real deal … 2 pounds of cream cheese, baked…
Sometimes all I want to talk about is ice cream and puppies. Sometimes all I think about is dessert, and sometimes I fall in love with a blog (like sprinklebakes) and can’t stop thinking about techniques. Next thing you know, I’m making strawberry shortcake sushi. It’s my brother’s birthday. And since my mom’s in town he wanted us to make brunch (I mean lunch) for him. My mom made sandwich-rolls aka rearranged cheeseburgers and potato…
Sometimes it gets so hot that ice cream is required to live. Elliot’s the same way, but ice cream of the doggie variety. I’ve realized that what I require are granitas. I used half of a vanilla bean in the whipped cream. I figured whipped cream should have more freckles in the summer, since I do. What do you think of the color? I’m infatuated. I want to hug every raspberry I see based on the color…
So I guess I’m the type of girl who will get up at 7 am solely to make whipped cream to top a pie to eat for breakfast. That’s just what needs to happens when a pie is assembled 10:30 pm, but it has to chill in the fridge for a couple hours before slices can be pretty. I guess I’m the type of girl who gets bullied by pie crust sometimes and learns the…
I knew it was going to be a good weekend when I went to the grocery store and bought just the necessities: a chocolate bunny, fancy shmancy almond extract and flower cookie cutters. My plans to make flower shaped Denver Biscuits failed, but my first attempt at a torte for Easter turned out like a dream! This cake is made with German Chocolate and it’s topped with a cocoa + almond whipped cream frosting miracle.…