In a comment to my last Bake Like An Arachnid post, someone suggested I put up a "tip jar" on such posts because, and I quote, "...you put a lot of thought, planning, and effort into teaching us these lovely things, and that frankly deserves compensation if people are in a position to do it ( Read more... )

Poll NOTES:
(1) I haven't made Old Skool Rye in FOREVER and I want it desperately but Boy doesn't like it and it will take the most time (THREE DAYS).

(2) I've never made Anadama before, so I don't know how it will come out.

(3) Boy will not eat chocolate, so he will eat neither of the first two cookie recipes nor the brownies.

(4) The cake would be " ( Read more... )

Poll Movie Night!

Great Big Sea (from the tropical island of Newfoundland!) is playing on Martha's Vineyard on Tuesday, August 19. I LOVE THIS BAND. Should I even attempt to attend this concert? At my first assessment (I might be able to shave a bit off, dunno yet) it would cost approximately $125 for a ticket, bus-and-ferry round trip, and a night in the youth ( Read more... )

Poll Help spend Spider's Loot!

Me = Bored At Work. Bumming around the Internets (what else is new?). Browing for curtains for the living room at Hole In The Wall. One whole wall is all windows and sliding glass door, and needs curtains desperately. Because HITW is basically a big white box, I need color in this place like chinga. And me being me, I'm thinking huge sweeping ( Read more... )

Poll Brownies! Frosting or No?

Poll To Dye For