We’re inching towards spring. I find if I keep telling myself this, I’m less likely to cry into my pillow nightly, waiting for the day I wake up to find small birds singing, rather than sleet falling outside my window. I’m like a depressed Cinderella. Where are my birds? Basil Pesto is one of those […]
Yes, those are Cadbury eggs. So you don’t need to wear a deerstalker hat and live at 221b Baker Street to deduce that Easter has come and gone. You may wonder why I’d be drinking hot chocolate post-vernal equinox and here’s why: it’s still snowing. What else am I supposed to do? I’m serious, if you […]
This tart got easter dessert status this year so you know it’s good. Easter is my second (maybe third) favorite holiday. There is something ritualistic and primal about it, being celebrated in some way in almost every culture the world over. That’s gotta mean something, right? Another reason that I love this vernal holiday is […]
Banana bread is for rainy days. Or Sundays. Or days where you just want to feel that little extra cozy. I’ve had some bad days, but few that couldn’t be made at least marginally better by a warm slice with a little butter (just do it). On this point, I believe there are fundamentally two […]
Remember when donut pans came out? I feel like I started seeing them everywhere about five years ago (could be three, could be ten) and I became instantly covetous. I don’t really know why I wanted one so bad but I just couldn’t let it go. I think I felt left out of the greater […]
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