Chocolate Stout Cupcakes to die for

More cupcake awesomeness happening over here. I wanted to do something yummy for St. Patrick’s day to bring to work. Corned Beef and Cabbage? Not cubicle friendly by any stretch of the gastroimagination. Beer might help, but is probably not allowed. Sweets are always appreciated. Then I saw this post and knew I had to [...]

Buttermilk Onion Pull-Apart Rolls

People, this was such an easy recipe and so absolutely scrumptious. It’s from Martha Stewart’s Original Classics Cookbook via Serious Eats. Oh, my. I’m in a bit of pain today from eating two. It seems my wheat sensitivity is building up again, so time to do a cleanse and lay off for a while. What [...]

Snowed in and loving it

It was still only dusk when I felt a rumbling and heard Chris say, “What the heck?” More banging. I rolled over and asked him what was going on and he said “I thought it was a nuclear explosion! It’s thundering and lightening.” Um. Why nuclear explosion? What was he dreaming about? Then another huge [...]

Chocolate orange cupcakes with ganache and buttercream and a side of reupholstered dining room chairs

Busyness all weekend (nothing seed or garden related, but I’m out of the self-flagellation business, so we’ll just vett that to next weekend’s to-do list). Chris surprised me Saturday afternoon by coming home with four new seats for the dining room chairs cut out of 3/8″ plywood. We all got busy taking the nasty covers [...]

Coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

So! Sorry family (New Englanders, all) but that was some game last night. I couldn’t help rooting for NY, they played so hard. The only treat I made for the game was a batch of Ina Garten’s Coconut Cupcakes. The cream cheese frosting came out like silk. But I really need to work on my [...]

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