Ah. Chewy brownies. Yes, chewy brownies! Now, no offense here, I know this is a controversial, delicate topic. “Hey babe, we’re outta dessert-like items. What can I interest you in?” From the couch I hear a loungy day-off grunt, “Brownies.” “Ok, brownies it is.” So beganeth an hour+ of recipe seeking. Did you know brownies […]
So ok, say it’s the holiday season and you’re crankin’ out the batches of cookies left and right. Cookie-splosion! But then you panic. You’re running through the list of cookie recipients in your head and you’re all like crap, do I have enough?! I probably don’t have enough. Oh my, oh dear, what am I […]
There are generally only two seasons in Chicago: sunny and gray. Construction and winter. We’re still somehow in construction despite the changing thermometer readings and the roadways are getting worse rather than better but at the same time, we’ve far too quickly switched to gray. As it goes here. This is a long way to […]
Growing up, I was one heck of a lucky kid to go on oodles of road trips with the family, all across the country. There are only a scant few states we didn’t visit but for the most part, we hit the vast majority of the continental U.S. My brother doesn’t remember much of any […]
Birthdays in my house are often an exercise in How Much Sugar Can I Get Away With in One Day for the kids. And the one we celebrated this week for the newly-minted 12 year old was a case in point. Let me present Exhibit A: Did I mention yet that my kids each want […]
I finished writing my latest novel this week, and I am so excited about it I’m making biscotti to celebrate. If you’ve never made it, you are in for a such a treat. Literally. Biscotti making is ridiculously easy. Like, I don’t know why they charge so much for biscotti BECAUSE they are so easy […]
Suddenly it seems I have a mountain of things I feel the need to share with you Right.Now. Soooo many things! How do I pick?! I’m all a’-tizzy, what to do?! And I apologize, there’s not much healthy about these. shrug I suspect you’ll forgive me. These are hands down, probably the most insane thing […]
We have a constant supply of bananas in the house, and despite the fact that my kids are part fruit bat, we often end up with some getting overripe. Depending on the time of year, this happens once in a great while or every week (I’m looking at you, summer). I’d swear bananas are going […]
Yeah I know. It’s a mouthful, Salted Pretzel Ice Cream in a Chocolate Cake Crumb Pie Crust. I mean hey, what can I say, it was Mother’s Day?! The bonus of today’s efforts is that you can use either recipe separately. Make the ice cream and enjoy simply in a dish. With hot fudge and […]
About four months ago I posted on Instagram that I’d perfected the Decadently Delicious Beer Brownie recipe, and my fabulous friend Gina asked/cajoled/begged me to make a vegan version. I happily agreed, thinking it’ll be soooooo easy since I’d already veganized many a recipe with great success. So I made a couple of quick and […]
