BA in Vancouver

For this Mother’s Day, I asked that mothership what she required for the big day. Here’s how our conversation went…Spoon: “So, Mother’s Day is Sunday – I’m going to make waffles – what do you want on top? strawberry sauce or strawberries?”Mothership: “I want…strawberry sauce….AND strawberries AND whipped cream.”Spoon: “Anything else? Bacon? Eggs?”Mothership: “I want […]

(if you haven’t noticed already, I am having supreme issues controlling the font on this publisher. It ‘appears’ in my editor as Georgia but spurts out something else. *frustration squiggles emitting from head* “Aaaack!”) Florentines are like macaroons – they come in so many shapes and forms. I have seen (and eaten) them with macadamia […]

As a result of making the seven-minute frosting, I had three leftover egg yolks. When will this vicious cycle end?!? I took an ice cream request from the mothership and I bring you – orange chocolate ice cream! With chocolate flakes! (And yeah, I rimmed that glass. I rimmed it real good.) Orange Chocolate Ice […]

Here’s the situation. I made ice cream last week (4 yolks) and then something else that called for 2 yolks, so I had 6 egg whites sitting in a container waiting to be used. Continuing on the “eat-your-fridge” quest – I had to think of something to make. I opted not to do meringues (which […]

Today I continued my “eat-the-entire-contents-of-my-fridge” quest. The mothership and I are big grocery shoppers, and as we do not generally consult with one another before purchases, we tend have a lot of stuff in our fridge. A lot. The “always buy” items include milk, eggs, and bread, and we generally go mid-week to buy these. […]

Tonight I made a new ‘classic’ (in my opinion) – it’s a Martha recipe for Chocolate Chunk Cookies from her Baking Handbook. They turned out as described, thin and buttery. And melting with chocolately goodness. I made these a few weeks ago and a few minutes after I put the last tray in the oven […]