It’s been slow in coming this year, but the first glimmer of the itch to begin my Christmas baking has finally hit. I’d gone to Williams-Sonoma several days ago and purchased a set of very pretty snowflake cookie cutters. In my mind I saw them iced with pure white icing and glistening with a combination [...]
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My husband found an article about these cookie cutters while roving about the intertubes the other day. I can’t remember where – most likely boingboing.net or neatorama.com knowing him. I got a peek at them over his shoulder and burst out laughing. They’re so, so, terribly wrong – and yet so very right! While some [...]
If you live outside the southern states, this may not be news to you. In fact, some of you might well be saying to yourselves, “Gee, didn’t we reach that point last month?” Well, here in Texas things aren’t quite so clear cut. One day you’re wearing shorts, as I was just past Sunday, and [...]
The latest commercial for Freschetta’s “Naturally Rising” pizza begins with an old Matrix shopping-riff that’s become rather old. A woman steps up to the freezer section and stands looking at case after case of pizzas. “OK. I need a better pizza. One made with only real cheese. Aaaand dough that rises naturally, with no chemical [...]
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Again, sorry for the hiatus. I know some of you have likely been wondering what in the world is up. Well, some health problems stuck their head up in August, ran through September, and saw me in the hospital in October. I’m fully recovered now, and past the first of the Holiday Madness. Tis the [...]