I love how that sounds … Fat Tuesday. It’s like the whole world conspired to be allowed for-oh-just-that-one-day to be naughty. This day has many names – Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Mardi Gras. The significance of this day goes as far back as 1000 A.D. and is the last day before Lent begins. Where [...]
Wow, it’s been a while since I added a new post. Winter has only a month to go before spring arrives and I’ll be on a long vacation. A couple of weeks ago I sent an S.O.S. into the blogosphere inviting other food bloggers to write on Happee Monkee. Adriana from Baking Powders kindly obliged [...]
Have you seen or heard of the Umbilical Brothers? HOoooly Gabooshes, they are AWESOME! We came home from watching Hello Dolly the musical (another awesome production) and found The Umbilical Brothers on. You have to watch them live or on DVD when you get the chance. However, they aren’t very politically correct. In fact, they [...]
Last night G. and I had Korean with friends – Hippy Girl, Medicine Boy (her husband) and Upcoming CEO. I hadn’t seen Hippy Girl and her husband for some time and so it was great to catch up with them after they had just spent a month in Europe. One of the highlights of their [...]
What I love most about this hobby is you never know what you’re making until it’s done. I had no idea I was making a sweet yeast cake. It just said babka in the magazine. And so, I made babka (which of course, I didn’t know what that meant until I googled it). Blog this! [...]
Remember Mr. G’s and my recent bread adventure? (No? Well, here’s the post to remind you.) After that I promised myself that I would not let my fear of breadmaking dictate me. While surfing the beautiful world of food blogs one afternoon, I discovered The Caramel Cookie. I developed a soft spot for cardamom after [...]
There’s nothing like a bowl of hot soup to cheer up a sad face, a grazed knee, a sniffy nose or a cold head. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a [...]
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