Once in a while I get an idea in my head for a project and I just can’t let it go. Such was the case for my gingerbread house and such was the case for these cookies. I think I must be drawn to self-afflicted torture. Hand cramps and eye strain aside, there’s something really satisfying […]
It is no surprise to me, and completely in keeping with my personality, that by the time I’ve actually arrived at the post where I’m supposed to reflect about having this blog for one year, I am wholly sick of reminiscing. I feel like I’ve spent the last three months doing a little too much […]
There’s a common phrase that goes “cooking is an art, baking is a science.” I take issue with this. I understand that people more closely associate baking with science because there are perhaps more obvious and exacting chemical reactions (leavening, to name a big one) but flavor itself is a result of chemical reactions between […]
One of the best sources I use for finding retro recipe inspiration is from vintage brand advertisements. And, since I (tragically) don’t possess an endless personal library of such material, I often turn to the internet for resource. Nine times out of ten I end up on Pinterest. I never really valued the site much […]
So winter finally showed up last week. I was out of town for the first big snowfall so I missed the annual tradition of soothingly watching the blizzard whilst tucked up on the couch and, instead, returned for the hellish aftermath that occurs, again annually, when everyone tries to go outside again and then collectively […]
La Retro Recipe 