My daughter has been going through a pirate phase. For a while. Like a year now. It’s incredibly adorable, perhaps especially because it’s my daughter and not my son who is enchanted by pirate lore. Regardless, pirates have become a part of our everyday life. And birthday parties. I love to bake, but I am … [Read more…]
There truly is a holiday for everything. Friday was National Granola Bar Day. My kids celebrated by eating a ridiculous amount of them. I don’t want to talk about it. Saturday was National Blonde Brownies Day. I made some Bourbon Pecan Blondies in honor of it, but they haven’t cooperated with my photog attempts. Damn … [Read more…]
It’s pretty widely known that Elvis Presley was quite fond of unusual food combinations, peanut butter and banana sandwiches being one often attributed to him. What I didn’t know until recently was that he also liked to add bacon to the mix. Bacon + banana + peanut butter apparently added up to pure bliss and … [Read more…]
It’s easy to get caught up in the search for the latest and greatest of everything. Why wouldn’t we? We’re in the 21st Century–we have so much available to us that we should be taking advantage of. Why settle for less? There’s always something better, faster, smarter, sharper, sleeker out there–new, new, new! Sometimes, however, … [Read more…]