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I came across the Chez Pim blog from a Chronicle Books’ Tweet about it being rated #6 in The UK Times Online’s 50 of the world’s best food blogs. I took a clicky over to the blog and now I’m hooked. The beautiful food photos, the recipes, and her down-to-earth / humorous writing style of […]
I love seeing the variations Bakerella creates for her famous cake pops. These Hello Kitty ones are adorable. Can you guess what secret ingredient she uses to create the perfectly shaped kitty ears?
Back in January, Michelle posted about Beth Johnson’s quest for inspiration and instruction on making a giant squid cake for a friend’s birthday. Beth came up with her own giant squid cake creation and has shared instructions for how she did it. I love her use of pieces from a candy necklace for the suckers, […]
I have become a snacker. (Pregnancy does that to you.) I’m always carting around pieces of fruit, little baggies of nuts, pumpkin seeds, crackers, or what have you. And once I have a baby to cart around as well, I’m guessing Cheerios (or some variant) will figure large in my life. So how stoked was […]
Instructables user bigwhitebear18 writes: Finally decided I’d make an Instructable for my famous Lemon Pound Cake. There are 3 great things about this particular cake that are different from others. 1) You can change the type of extract flavorings to make other types of pound cake. I’ll even add the instructions to make it a […]
I just wanted to give a shout-out to my new favorite cookbook, The San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market Cookbook. I happen to be lucky enough to live a 15-minute bike ride away from the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market, but the recipes will easily adapt to a farmer’s market anywhere (or, for that matter, a […]
We made bread using the New York Times‘ recipe for simple crusty bread. Thanks to Dale Dougherty for letting us know about it! The girls are using the spoons I whittled recently. Photo gallery here.
