A co-worker asked me to make a cake for his daughter's princess themed birthday party.


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I see evidence of tomatoes!


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I took a Cake Decorating class through AA Rec/Ed, and I really enjoyed it. We spent the first few classes using unflavored frosting on plates, for practice. For the last class (our "final") everyone brought in an actual cake to decorate.

Here's mine:


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( Check out my rack! )

( Mardi Gras King Cake )

( Results of Christmas baking )

GEORGE: Salsa is now the number one condiment in America.
JERRY: You know why? Because people like to say "salsa." "Excuse me, do you have salsa?" "We need more salsa." "Where is the salsa? No salsa?" So, I had the time and the inclination, so I decided to make some salsa. Usually I make an uncooked salsa fresca and just keep it in the fridge, but ( Read more... )

On Saturday we went to two graduation parties. The first one we went to had an open bar (yay), but not a speck of food (boo). We had to leave before dinner was served to go to the other party, but there was nary a munchie or hors d'oeuvre in sight. The second party had plenty of food (yay), but no bar at all (boo). There was a Slurpee machine ( Read more... )

I bought four pounds of strawberries, in two flats. I found these monstro-berries inside. That's a quarter, a lemon, and the Gourmet cookbook, for size comparison.


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