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Green Velvet Cupcakes
As St Patrick’s Day approaches it brings with it the opportunity to view the world through emerald tinted glasses.
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Tagged cupcake, green cake, green velvet, Irish, st patrick's day
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Profiteroles,Oscars and an unlikely celebrity haunting
As the Oscars approach, we naturally become more concerned with movies and their stars. Some of us, more literally than others.
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Tagged chocolate, cocktail, ghost, ice cream, oscars, party, profiteroles, Susan Sarandon
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Pink Drinks for Valentines Day
I’m pretty much suggesting a re-appropriation of the celebration of romantic love for the purposes of celebrating really great girlfriends. I just think we’d have more fun.
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Tagged champagne, cocktail, cosmopolitan, French martini, kir royal, martini, Orange pomitini, pomitini, rum, valentine's, vodka
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Pot roast beef with Shrewsbury Sauce
Every year our Christmas ritual takes us past Shrewsbury to the village of Edgemond, for a huge family get together involving a rotating cast of children – anywhere from 10 – 15 under tens. They rampage about in the nicest … Continue reading
Clementine Cake
How many clementines would you say were too many for a person to eat while watching Charlie Brown Christmas? Actually, better not tell me.
The Monday Treat – Christmas cookies
Christmas baking can feel like a step too far sometimes. Too pressured to be any fun– a source of work rather than a source of joy.
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Tagged baking, chocolate, chocolate chips, Christmas, coco, cookies, fridge, Martha, Momofuku, vegetarian
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Fancy Cranberry Confit
I love the Thanksgiving Day parade. I love the strangeness of seeing the giant figures floating over the buildings of the Upper West Side. But more than this, I love the night before the parade,when the balloons are inflated in … Continue reading
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Tagged baked brie, balloons, Christmas, cranberry, orange, Thanksgiving
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All Souls Day – Rosemary for Remembrance Cake
If Jon and I were still living in Poland, Halloween would have been something of an afterthought, but today, All Souls Day, would have been the real deal.
Oozing pus chocolate cupcakes
Halloween would not be halloween in our house without oozing pus chocolate cupcakes.