i just needed to simply and quickly tell you that i made these muffins and they were gone in one day.  a solid dozen.  gone for good - goodbye.  cary had 5.  yes, five.  and i even forgot to brown sugar the tops as per the recipe.  but then they might have been gone in half a day.  and well, the […]

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ok. 
i got it. 
finally. 
347 banana breads later. 
dear readers, i’ve figured it out. 
so now you don’t have to. 
you’re welcome.
there’s a few key things here.  ok one.  well, one big one.  because you can use all the vegetable type oils you want.  but if you want it to be great, it’s all so very about the butter.  butter is better […]

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when ‘08 rolls around i will not be baking for quite awhile.  if i do, feel free to come to my house and kill me - but only because i will deserve it.  baking isn’t even my thing but i can be way too easily coerced into going there.  but let’s be honest here.  if […]

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(this piece was originally written for a more general audience, but i thought i’d share it with you lest it die a senseless death.)
december is a mighty decadent month. it gives us a reason to dress better, shop harder - and eat a lot of food. restaurants are slammed, parties abound and your office-kitchen is […]

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holidays can make you do things that you wouldn’t ordinarily do were it not for the sake of the joyous diversions that we recognize as “festivity”.  some people (not me) carve out faces on big orange gourds and dress up in scary/amusing costumes, while other people display flags attached to their homes adorned with turkeys and pilgrims (also most definitely not me).  and then there are […]

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