Category Archives: Fancy Dessert
DamGoodLemon Icebox Pie
Our extended family is not in the practice of exchanging Christmas gifts now that all of us kids have reached varying degrees of functional adulthood, so we were very pleasantly surprised when a package arrived in the mail right before … Continue reading
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Blog Post de Noel
How did you spend your New Years holiday? I spent mine separating eggs! At least, looking back on it, it seems that way. You see, thanks to a shortage of oven and refrigerator space, I wasn’t able to make the … Continue reading
Where’s The Statler Cake?
The scene: our local grocery store, after work the Tuesday after Labor Day. It was a long day, and I wasn’t terrifically engaged with the task of meal planning for the week. As I wandered the aisles absently, out of … Continue reading
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Living The High Life, Sabres-Style
So last week our dear friend Katebits reported that she had attended a Sabres game in Buffalo, and in the doing, sat in the really, really, really swanky seats. How swanky, you ask? So swanky that they have waitress service, … Continue reading
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A Cooking Update
I have had a tremendously lazy blogging week, probably because I’ve had a very feisty cooking one. I made a few new recipes this week, shook up our “in a rut” eating patterns, and then sat down with my laptop … Continue reading
Filed under 5. September, Fancy Dessert, Farm Share, Hearty Meals
Wherein We Feel The Need… The Need For Cheese
Whew! What an exhausting week! We’ve been meaning for the last six days to write a post about our marvelous trip into New York City with Kristin, but every evening we’d get home from work and just collapse in senseless … Continue reading
A Super Summery Treat
Even though it’s not technically summer yet, it’s feeling full-on summery these days. It’s hot and humid, and we’re all feeling pretty damn lazy. The living? Is easy. So this week I decided the best thing to do with my … Continue reading
Filed under 2. June, Fancy Dessert, Farm Share, Frozen!, Pommerdoodling, Worth Selling Your Soul For
Happy Boomer Day!
Mother’s Day means we pull out all the stops for Boomer, and “pulling out all the stops” means a fancy-schmancy cake from Chez Alice in Princeton. Boomer selected the “Pink Passion”, which is layers of sponge cake with passion fruit … Continue reading
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IPB Gives Thanks… For Dessert
Thanksgiving is, for me, a day of self-indulgence. We don’t entertain (having Kate the Great up from DC doesn’t count), we wear pajamas all day, and this year we ate in front of a hockey game on TV. I love … Continue reading
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