Our Share of the Harvest

I like Cuisinart, I really do.  They make quality products which I used all the time.  However, their waffle maker was crap.  Total crap.  We picked one up almost two years ago to complete our wedding registry (hello 20% off everything!) and used it maybe 3-4 times before the lever that controls the temperature broke [...]

When I preserve fruits in season, I usually don’t have a laundry list of applications for them.  I figure we’ll make toast or biscuits for jam, I’ll make smoothies and pies with frozen berries or I’ll take some peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches for lunch like a 6-year old.  I righteously feel I must [...]

The last of the dessert buffet posts!  And though this was the centerpiece, all the cupcakes displayed on three tiers of cake stands, it was one of the easiest to make.  I wanted something light and celebratory and wanted to include champagne in the cake or frosting–it’s an engagement party, after all.  Luckily, Annie’s Eats [...]

For Easter of 2004, my college roommate Noelle wasn’t going home so she came to my family’s celebration which includes a full-on Easter egg hunt with money in each egg.  The family gets fueled by decades of competition but it was a miserable, rainy crappy day and after a few minutes, Noelle decided to wait [...]

In the past 3 days, I have heard 3 accounts of small children yelling “HAPPY VALENTIME’S DAY!!!!” at strangers, which is awesome.  It’s the kind of Valentine’s I can get fuzzy about because little kids should have a day to run around spouting friendship and love to anyone in earshot.  Unless they are on an [...]