I have become a little bit obsessed with whoopie pies.  Actually, that’s a gross understatement.  I am completely, past the point of no return, beyond help, OBSESSED with these things.  Never heard of one?  Read about them here.  Never had one?  Make them with my winning recipe! They are crazy good–moist, sweet, and somewhat reminiscent [...]

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love coffee. I started on it pretty early, as our household was never without a freshly brewed pot of coffee each morning.  My parents took their java pretty seriously and I was raised on Peet’s Arabian Mocha-Java.  The first time I tasted Folger’s was at a piano [...]

I’ve been making homemade granola for over a year now and it blows any storebought version out of the water! My original recipe is pretty simple and involves fairly haphazard measurements: 8 cups oats, a bag of sliced almonds, a bag of shredded coconut, 3/4 cup canola oil, 1 1/2 cups honey, a generous spoonful [...]

I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday, filled with sun, fun, fireworks, and best of all, FOOD! I love any excuse to make holiday-themed sweets, and the 4th of July is no exception.  I’ve been known to buy holiday sprinkles, sugars, cupcake liners, cake pans, cookie cutters, etc. and hoard them in [...]

I’ve been on a two-week hiatus from LEX18 (bumped last week for President Obama and bumped this week for Wimbledon), but I’ll be back this Tuesday, July 7th! In the mean time, I’ve been baking up a storm for Wine + Market and also to just feed friends and family. I so wish I lived [...]