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Rainbow Cupcakes

June 28, 2015
Rainbow Cupcakes Recipe

This post isn’t really about rainbow cupcakes. There is a recipe at the end, of course. But, first. On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted same sex couples the right to marry. Instead of paraphrasing Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy’s written opinion on the matter, here it is: No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater…

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Memorial Day

It was a lovely Memorial Day. We drank and reveled and ate—my god we ate—at Liz’s house. I arrived in the afternoon, about an hour after the party started, to a mostly finished cheese plate, a group of 15 or so cheery folks pontificating…

May 28, 2015
Baking

Making Cupcakes With Jess

This week, I’m so pleased to have Jessica Duckett of Zimi Photography in town. In between her adventures around the Los Angeles area, she took the time to capture Secret Marmalade making cupcakes. Enjoy taking a look behind the scenes in this photo essay…

January 13, 2012
Cooking

Pickles

Sort of recently, I recruited my roommate into making some pickles with me. I gave him the arduous task of slicing all of the pickles to 1/4″ thickness – a task he deftly accomplished given he’s an architect and making things exact is his…

June 30, 2011