Bake with abandon!
Serves me right for making that smart alec remark about apple picking and foreign films. Yesterday’s outing didn’t go as planned. And it’s all my fault. I made an erroneous assumption and failed to communicate adequately. Because of this, there is no apple pie for …
Photo © gardenghelle, published under a Creative Commons License. When I was in Italy, the language barrier was more an invisible fence than an insurmountable stone wall. With a few stock phrases, a smattering of French, and emphatic hand gestures, I’d run around all day …
I’m allowed another bad title pun. You’ll see why in a minute. The basement cleaning that inspired Wordle art also unearthed some long forgotten items. One such discovery was a set of metal barbecue skewers we received six years ago as part of a wedding …
I ask you, does this tiny piece of plastic look like it would support a pantry shelf intended to hold canned tomatoes, dried beans and bags of flour? No? Okay, do you think four of these pegs would do the job? I didn’t think so …
Mom asked for lemon cake with raspberry filling for her birthday. Instead, she got a botched coconut layer cake and a new type of ice cream. As the Stones said, you can’t always get what you want. In this case, the lyrics applied not just …
I feel like Icarus who flew too close to the sun and crashed to earth. Only my wings aren’t made of wax. They’re made of ice cream. After having my Accidental Hedonist “Three Speeds of Ice Cream” post picked up by Reuters UK Lifestyles News …
After four days of bad coffee in the java wasteland of northern Ontario, I returned home excited to be reunited with my beloved husband, the two cats and my morning latte. Perhaps the ghost of the oven timer was out for revenge. Maybe the Latte …
This organization will not tolerate failure! When I brought my new digital timer home, I showed it the remains of its predecessor. Bet that’s the last time an LCD device allows the soup to boil dry in this house again.
If you want to pique a foodie’s interest, struggle with a recipe. When asked to divine disappointing culinary outcomes, we’re happy to run down a list of rookie mistakes: Did you use the right kind of flour? Forget a step? Set the oven too high? …