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 [...]

While I can’t be with my dad to celebrate (I miss you, Dad!), I’m so looking forward to a relaxing Father’s Day at Michael’s parents’ house, which will consist of good food, great company, and a rousing game of cornhole! I’ve got a day off from kitchen duty because we’re picking up an order of [...]

Perusing the Easter aisle at Target gave me the baking itch!  All those colored peeps and chocolate eggs gave me a hankering to make pretty pastel sugar cookies!   One of my college roommates, Rebecca, was in love with those soft, Lofthouse sugar cookies–you know them well–pale, cakey, and comforting in their sweet simplicity.  Since [...]