Yesterday, I participated in a bake sale to raise money for Japan. It was awesome! We raised just over $2,500 in four hours at Akasha, and I’m looking forward to seeing how much the effort raised in total as it was happening simultaneously all…
The moment I talk about eating healthy food a few people I know start rolling their eyes and making gagging noises. But, eating healthy doesn’t mean you’re signing up for a life of eating rabbit food and skinless chicken breast. Or, at least it…
To my delight, I spent most of this past Sunday in the kitchen. It was pouring outside (Los Angeles got a whopping 1.5″ of rain) and I loved bustling about my kitchen playing around with fondant, chocolate, blueberries and Pate Brisee (pie dough) as…
At Secret Marmalade, I specialize in creating desserts that aren’t too sweet. But, truth be told, I love candy. Really really sweet candy. As I kid, I was delighted by circus peanuts, probably ingested more paper than necessary trying to get those candy buttons…
As you *might* have noticed, I haven’t blogged in ages. But, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been baking! I’ll be spending this Saturday in the kitchen making dozens of homemade Cadbury-style creme eggs for those who have requested them (second batch coming the week…
This has nothing at all to do with baking…well, except that Mincing Mockingbird’s magnets are on my fridge and make me smile when I’m grabbing butter or cream. But, whenever I see her new ones, I start laughing hysterically, almost to the point where…