It’s extremely hard to find real fresh tomatoes in the middle of winter, like right now. I like to buy organic tomatoes but even then they aren’t always picked at the right time, they get picked early and are ripened artificially. I LOVE my fresh tomatoes but when push comes to shove and the good [Read On]
To say I enjoyed my Gourmet Italian cooking course would be an understatement. To say I regret not having had the chance to work more with the chef that taught the 8 week course would be right on. I only had this one chance to work with Chef Nick. This guy is an ACF certified [Read On]
One of my favorite candy to eat is whoppers and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the strawberry ones. Artificial flavoring, sure but I love them. I decided to try and make some cupcakes that taste like them. I knew it would be hard I just needed to add malted milk powder to get that malt taste. [Read On]
I’d been wanting to make these for a long time and I finally came across a recipe I like at Tidy Mom. She mentioned in the recipe to cut the amount of Root Beer concentrate because it was too strong but I think my flour made the taste change because there wasn’t nearly enough flavor [Read On]
Mmm I bet you can smell the orange! These Orange Crush Cupcakes are the first of the three monthly themed cupcakes I do and this month I chose pop, that is soda to you southern folks! I did end up putting some straight buttercream in the center of the cakes too so there is a [Read On]
I just recently made cinnamon rolls from scratch for the first time. And it won’t be the last time either. As always with yeast you have to cross your fingers that it works and the first time I made a dough it didn’t rise but I tweaked my recipe the 2nd time and it was [Read On]
Earlier this week I received a box from The Olive Tap, an outfit our of Illinois that is making some of the most amazing olive oils and vinegars I have ever had the pleasure of trying. In particular they sent me some Tuscan Herb, which is really great quality olive oil mixed with a precise [Read On]
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