Wheat bread is a b*tch ( Read more... )

It's been a while, but I finally managed to upload pics from the St. Patty's Day b-day cake I made a few weeks ago. It was for a classmate's b-day, which falls on St. Patty's Day. He gave me zero direction with this one so it was fun coming up with it on my own. I can honestly say I didn't steal this idea from anything I'd previously seen. Its a ( Read more... )

I made/decorated a cake for a friend's birthday, which just happens to fall on St. Patty's Day. What better excuse for me to make the Guinness chocolate cake that I've been dying to try for months!?! (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ ( Read more... )

What to do when you've got random veggies sitting in your fridge and you wanna eat them before they go bad?? Make soup! Sadly, I'm not nearly as versed or good in this skill compared to my mom (and maternal grandmother). They made/make some pretty bad-ass soups with the most random shit in them. Sadly I'm not nearly as adventurous or creative so I ( Read more... )

So I had a head of cauliflower sitting in my fridge, just waiting to go bad. I usually roast it (chopped up, coated with some olive oil, salt, and crushed coriander seeds) but wanted something different. So I grabbed my Cooks Illustrated cookbook and decided on the first cauliflower recipe I saw. Luckily I had everything on hand so decided to try ( Read more... )

What happens when you cross a pizza with some Indian food?!? Indian pizza ( Read more... )

What happens when you take some popcorn, Buffalo wing sauce, and a brown sandwich bag?! Trashy (deliciously trashy) eats!!


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So I posted some superbowl cupcakes a month ago where i made footballs using the melted chocolate technique from whimsical bakehouse.

I'm really liking this technique for detailed decorations. For example, check out my radioactive symbol here:


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Chicken fight: the war of two recipes ( Read more... )

My friend recently gave me some tangelos from his tree (yea for living in California with free and completely pesticide free citrus!!) Anyways, I decided to make some candied orange peel since (a) I've been wanting to try this forever and (2) no chemicals on the peel.

Here's the final product:


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