Hey you guys! Guess what I did? I made another website, just cause I felt one wasn’t enough to neglect. To *really* feel guilty you gotta have TWO. Anyway, it’s a new thing I’m trying. Just a place to store recipes and talk about cooking junk. Check it out if you want: http://www.shuckbeans.com/ And, I [...]

I’m taking a cake decorating class. I never knew how much I didn’t know. I still don’t, but I’m having fun learning. Wilton offers some basic classes through Michael’s Craft Stores and that’s where I’m at. There’s four courses and each course is comprised of four classes. The classes are cheap but where they get [...]

Not the most original title, but it will have to do. It’s freakin’ freezing out there. It says it’s 20 degrees outside, but it feels more like negative 20. Our pipes froze this morning but Matt got us fixed up in no time. Take a look at this, would ya? That’s the view from our [...]

A good friend of mine sent me some raw peanuts from Louisiana. You can’t really find them in Seattle. I made some boiled peanuts with them. I have fond memories of growing up in South Carolina, stopping at some mom and pop gas station on the way to the beach and buying a wet, steaming [...]

If you search the web for “what to make for dinner” you’ll find plenty of advice. Plenty of recipes. Plenty of ideas. And plenty of women asking the exact same question. Someone, other than me…someone with actual technical skill and know-how, they should create a dinner generator. Either you press a button and random ideas [...]

Tonight was oven-baked Ziti with garlic bread and a veggie. It came out better than my attempt at cinnamon bread. Can’t all be winners, I suppose. They tasted okay, I guess. The trouble I think was with the yeast. I’m not very experienced with it, so it didn’t rise as much as it should have. [...]