Hey Amy!

Most of you are running around the house today preparing for the football festivities.  Don’t forget to eat this morning!  This bread is a perfect breakfast item (and sometimes a dessert) for a household of people who have no time to sit.  Just like this morning. Ingredients: 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 2 c. sugar [...]

I am trying to manage my insatiable appetite for sweets.  I recognize it’s going to be one of the hardest things I will do and if I am successful, it will be very hard to sustain this new place I will need to grow to love.  As I began this journey a few days go, [...]

I have read about this infamous Good and Plenty cocktail that emulates the flavors of that delicious movie theatre licorice candy but never tried one.  Finding bottles of liquor in your cabinet will change that for a girl.  Perhaps you should go hunting in your bar and see what is in there? Ingredients: 1 oz. [...]

I was a child when the finger Jell-o craze began.  I recall every school party, Brownie event, and birthday sleepover had finger Jell-o.  Some mom’s didn’t dissolve the Knox gelatin well so the bottom was super thick.  I was a finger Jell-o snob I suppose because I would always ask for an adult to cut [...]

I, like most of you, cannot believe the year is coming to a close.  At this time, I sit and reflect on all the things I wish I had done but somehow refuse to see all the accomplishments I had made.  Shame on me.  One item on my list was to host a fondue party [...]

I was standing in line at Starbuck’s last week daydreaming about pumpkin spice latte or something equally as tantalizing when my friend/lawyer/voice-of-New-York reason Elisabeth looked at me and said “Are you going to start posting yummy pumpkin recipes soon?”  I realized in that moment that I have yet to share much this season.  Have been [...]

I came home last night to a torrential downpour, high winds and the lovely chill in the air that only a fall rainstorm can bring.  I curled up on the sofa and thought about making a hot toddy.  I was thumbing through my adult beverage books and remembered I always wanted to try a Brandy Alexander [...]