Every year when the Girl Scouts start taking cookie orders, I have the same strange feeling of ecstasy mixed with dread. Do I want some Tagalongs? Duh…put me down for 8 boxes. Oh, make that…12. Little, innocent Girl Scouts, I know the truth. Just go ahead and call them what they are. Addicting-chocolate-peanut-butter-cookies-that-will-ensure-you-eat-each-box-in-a-single-sitting-so-you-gain-five-pounds. Yeah, I’m […]
I want to tell everyone that someone at Gourmet is a genius. Last year, they published The Gourmet Cookie Book, a compilation of the best cookie recipes they created each year from 1941 – 2009. Obviously I wanted it, Gourmet. Do you think I have the power to turn down a compilation of the best cookie […]
I’ve never been confident about baking. I remember being told early in life that baking was like chemistry and that terrifies me. I don’t like precise measurements or the thought that the slightest misstep could end in a giant explosion…or bad cookies. And let’s be honest here, biting into a scrumptious looking chocolate goodie to […]
Sweet potatoes are amazingly prevalent in Louisiana, and I absolutely love them. Their rich sweetness is so much more enjoyable than regular potatoes. Don’t get me wrong – I love all potatoes. Gnocchi, French fries, roasted, whatever. I’ll devour and enjoy the potatoes. The standard little spud just typically needs more jazzing up to be […]
I wanted to start this by saying that I’ve never been a bread-and-butter kind of person. But then I googled this phrase and discovered it has a lot of meanings. So to clarify, I am not opposed to the basic important things in life nor am I anti-thank you notes (for the record, I’m actually […]
Disclaimer: Everything I’m about to say is an accidental admittance of my finicky personality. Every summer, usually around mid-July, I stare at my car’s thermometer slowly climbing above 110° while the leather of my car seat is melting onto my legs, and I think, “this isn’t so bad. This summer has definitely been cooler than […]
I do love to cook, but sometimes the stove just is not going to be turned on. Maybe it’s the fact that my recent discovery of Desperate Housewives leaves me couchridden on many weekday nights. Maybe it’s a long day of work or maybe those grad school essays have melted my brain for the night. […]
My mom loves the cooking process as much as I do. She loves the precision of it even more. I think that’s why I was never taught to cook: the kitchen was her personal space. Since I never wanted or needed to learn until I was living on my own, I was content to be […]
I was raised to be a beer snob. My dad is a home brewer and I have been his bottler since I was six. By the time I was 10, I could recite the history of an IPA and tell anyone why my dad could never make lagers (bottom-fermenting beers need very cold temperatures!). But […]
I took the GRE last week, and if there’s anything worse than spending a beautiful fall day wearing noise-canceling headphones and finding the area of a triangle, it’s doing all this without lunch. When I skip a meal, I sink into low blood sugar-induced hysterics. Imagine giggling and blank stares. Since the test started at […]
