Tonight’s post is NOT brought to you by Time Warner Cable, my current nemesis, who for the last four months has delightfully been charging me for internet despite the hilariously infrequent service and countless hour-long phone calls to Customer Services. They’re sending yet another technician to my apartment. In a week and a half. Ahem. […] Read more…
When I serve this ice cream to other people they usually do a little bit of a double-take upon hearing the name. For some it’s a flavor they’ve never heard of, and for others it’s a flavor that is a little intimidating. Anise, licorice, and fennel can be polarizing; lots of people either love them […] Read more…
True Blood’s season finale is today, and while Ezmeralda’s viewing group has all agreed that the show is trashy and terrible and has been kind of beyond awful the last three seasons, we’re still gonna watch it. I’ve missed about three weeks because of various ailments, but since the plot is basically “Everyone wants to […] Read more…
I never thought I’d post a recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Everybody everywhere makes chocolate chip cookies. Everyone has their favorite recipe, their secret trick, their family’s classic. Heated debates will start between chewy vs. crispy camps and nuts vs. no-nuts supporters (chewy, obviously, and I go back and forth on nuts). The New York […] Read more…
This is the first time I’ve ever been inspired to bake something new because I was just so damned excited about new underwear. So I’m gonna lead with that: This is the Antoinette basque by Masquerade (one of Panache’s sister brands, sometimes known in the US as Harlequin, just to make navigating the US vs. […] Read more…
Ugh, Bon Appetit is driving me CRAZY lately. I get it, they have to update and embrace the digital age and revamp the magazine and try to please Gourmet’s former customer base etc. etc., but I’m just finding it so . . . SMUG. It’s like reading GQ, just with food. I’m not knocking GQ, […] Read more…
My lingerie and lady-business posts vastly outnumber my recipes at this point, but even so, the recipes are embarrassingly choco-centric. I can’t help it, chocolate is my drug of choice. This recipe is another oldie-but-goodie from Death by Chocolate Cookies, and I’ve been making it since I was in middle school. These cookies are so, […] Read more…
So, look, I don’t love Magnolia Bakery cupcakes (sacrilege!). All I taste is sugar, and sometimes they’re kind of dry or almost stale. But if you’ve never been in one of the bakeries, I totally get the appeal. Going into Magnolia (or one of the many cupcake bakeries that spring up continually all over the […] Read more…