That’s pretty much what the doctor prescribed for me for the next three days. Lay on your bed. Stare at the cieling. Don’t do anything that will cause you pain or strain your back. It happened Friday. No I don’t know how. The pain was exacerbated when I was working out, but I don’t think… Read More Stare at the Ceiling
I’m the Queen of substitution when it comes to baking. Seriously. It’s like I decided that I never want to attempt to create anything exactly as the recipe is. This past Friday was the new roommate’s birthday – also known as, a fabulous excuse to make a cake from scratch. Since moving to New York… Read More Make It Work
We all know how much I love my sweets. If you were sitting next me and saw the empty wrappers, you’d really know. Anyways. I haven’t baked anything depuis Noël. Lucky for me, my fabulous friend’s birthday was Tuesday. I spent the last week and a half contemplating how to create a cupcake that was like… Read More Petit gâteau
I decided that this year I will be giving out something home-made as Christmas gifts for all those people that, let’s face it, I can’t afford to buy for. We discussed the Amex card, didn’t we? And my gift-buying disease that seems to target only my mother. Count your blessings Mom, I just keep buying… Read More Forget love … I’d rather fall in chocolate!
So Thanksgiving is coming, and Christmas and New Years Eve and all that good stuff. A year ago today I started blogging about a restaurant I used to work in, then I had to shut it down, moved to Lemons, commenced work on Naturally Not and finally settled in at Bell du Jour. Just thought… Read More Donnez Remerciements
Cake. It may be one of my favorite things. Ok, it is. But more than liking to eat it. I like to make it. Then give it to other people to eat. Baking (as in food) is a stress reliever for me. It makes me think of home and it makes me happy to think… Read More Gâteau