Category Archives: Recipes

Mmm…Monday: Snack Edition 20

Life is a bit multi-focal for me right now. I’m not zeroed in on any one thing, and I feel like my vision is prismatic, scattered, blurry. There are so many things I’m struggling with, striving against, hoping for, that it really is a wonder that anything ever gets done around here. [...]

Mmm…Tuesday 20

I am currently recovering from a long weekend. And much as I adore him and love having him around, things get a little discombobulated around here when Neil is home. Add to that the fact that we went away for a couple days, I had a mild back injury that incapacitated me for [...]

Mmm…Monday 18

I spent Saturday morning baking. Four hours straight of make a batch, scrub down the mixer, make a batch, scrub down the mixer, and so on. It was hot, fiddly work (SO not my thing) and yet I really enjoyed it. Perhaps it was the novelty aspect, as the recent heat wave [...]

Cooking for Dummies Books Were Written for Women like ME 21

No, that is not an exaggeration. If a recipe can be misunderstood, I’ll misunderstand it. If a simple error can flub the whole thing, I’ll manage it. I have, in times past, attempted to make cookies with no flour in them, broiled a cake, cooked pasta to varying degrees of mush or chewiness, and have [...]