Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
*note from the author: after weeks of studying and baking various historically breads for a World History project, I have been talking nonstop about bread and its evolution. Because I was unable to get through one conversation without mentioning bread, my mom kindly suggested I funnel this knowledge into a blog (this was likely after [...]
I accidentally starved my family last night and I'd like to make amends. I'm counting on my friend Trina's Pineapple Cake to do the trick. The trouble started with a Walton's Marathon from which I simply could not disengage. I mean, really! All those adorable, earnest red-haired siblings? A pair of moon-shining spinsters? The grandparents! [...]
I had a very brief stint as Girl Scout. Yeah, I know, a renegade like me getting tied down to a troop, pretty unbelievable, right? I joined up in '04 and gracefully submitted my resignation in '05. That was one crazy year. I left with nothing but the barely filled sash on my back and [...]
Mario Bartali raves about the Italian cakes he sells at his cleverly named Chicago restaurant, Eataly. The Bauli description does sound heavenly with phrases like "irresistible fragrance," "amazingly fresh," "extraordinary," and "a magical moment." Also, I think my sister Jenny may have been influenced by the pretty purple packaging when she picked up Il Pandoro [...]
Four days following our attempted consumption of the biggest bird we've ever shoved into our poor little oven, we're still coming up with creative ways to eat the leftovers. We turned the post-Thanksgiving sandwich tradition into competitive gaming, we used leftover bread crumbs and veggies in a Black Friday breakfast bake, we whirled frozen chunks [...]