Yesterday, I wrote about 2015 in review. Today, we're looking ahead to 2016. New Year's Day means New Year's resolutions. And New Year's resolutions mean dreams big and small. These are mine for the year: In 2016... ...
Shortcut 5-Minute Caramel Sauce
Quick and easy shortcut 5-minute caramel sauce! This is a quick and dirty post for 5-minute caramel sauce. I've used this caramel in a ton of recipes across the site, like my Caramel Macchiato, Apple Pie Sundae, and Salted Caramel Snickerdoodle Milkshake, and I will certainly use it in many more, so instead of re-typing the recipe every time, I thought I'd give it it's own dedicated ...
2015 (Mostly Food) Superlatives and Year in Review
It's our last day of 2015! You know what that means. It's time to take a look back and reflect on the year we've lived. Did we accomplish all the goals we set for ourselves? Did we put more good into the world? Did we eat enough cookies? My 2015 was pretty uneventful, but I spent it with people I love and people I like, and I definitely ate enough cookies, so I'm calling it a good year. ...
Authentic Japanese-American Breakfast Fried Rice
My grandmother's breakfast fried rice, stuffed with bacon and eggs for a quick and hearty meal. The recipe I'm posting today is one of those family-favorite, special-occasions recipes. Growing up, we always served this fried rice for birthdays and New Year's day breakfast. It's white rice, fried up in bacon drippings, with chopped bacon, mushrooms, and scrambled eggs throughout. Top it ...
Tea Bag Cookies with Printable “Sherlock” Tea Tags and Bonus Recipe
Charming shortbread tea bag cookies, dipped in chocolate, with printable "Sherlock" tea tags. Are you ready for the Sherlock winter special? We all have the shows we love, possibly beyond reason. Sherlock is one of mine. The problem with loving this show is that it airs a three-episode season and then goes away for YEARS. The delight of loving it is that every time it comes back, it feels ...
15 Tips for a Successful Day of Marathon Baking
Some helpful (and some questionably helpful) tips for those extended holiday baking marathons. Just a few more sleeps till Christmas! I'm officially on Christmas break, in vacation mode, watching weird 90's TV and trying (not very hard) not to eat too many Christmas cookies. The cookie thing's not going great, for reasons that will soon become apparent... ...
