I’m on an email list for a wonderful little local desserterie in Boston called Finale. Today, I got one of their occasional blast messages, and it gave me a good giggle. Scan the screenshot below, and see if you can spot what so amused the hell out of me. So, [...]
Sweets
Sweets
So, Smitten Kitchen is basically my new lord and master. Not on a google-ish level yet, but close. Three weeks ago, when I was fantastically sick with this completely soul-crushing cold and couldn’t bear to ingest anything, I made Deb’s variation on the canonical “Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic” [...]
The Place to be Saturday Night
The Place to be Saturday Night
Celebrate with your sweetheart, or maybe find a new one at The Channel Cafe on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14. Dinner served 5-10 pm Entertainment 6-10 pm Reservations recommended. No cover. Featuring: Burlesque by Miss Darcey Vintage and obscure records spun by DJ Frenchy Roller Waitressing by Boston Derby Dame [...]
something else that I love
something else that I love
My sister is a huge proponent of eating an-orange-a-day (and I think it’s usually more than just one!). She considers them the perfect food, and has even blogged about the proper way to eat them. My favorite food, especially when I feel a cold coming on, is Odwalla Superfood (although [...]
It’s a good new year.
It’s a good new year.
I’m so glad I used a fraction of my zillion hours of banked time-off to extend the holiday into the Inauguration; this was just a fantastic weekend. I’ve been invited to put some art in a ladies’-only Valentine’s Day themed show at All Asia next month; more on that closer [...]
Two Perfect Weeks, part ii
Two Perfect Weeks, part ii
I you want the full story of our west-coast adventures, start reading here, or you will be hopelessly lost. The next day, Sunday, was our last full day in Los Angeles. Cristo’s sister and brother-in-law went househunting in the early afternoon, so we watched their Oscar screener of Revolutionary Road, [...]
Christmas morning
Christmas morning
If you have a low tolerance for sappy, you probably really don’t want to read this. I’m 30 years old, and I’m about to spend my very first Christmas away from my family. In fact, I’m about to board a plane in five hours, and will be almost as far [...]
Best bars in Boston
Best bars in Boston
The last time my brother came down to the city, I got a text at 11pm inviting me to meet him at the Purple Shamrock, or some other similarly godawful Quincy Market student-tourist date-rapey cattlecar pit. I actually went. I spent 40 minutes waiting in a line outside before giving [...]
birthday cake
birthday cake
I earned my first serious cooking scar making gluten-free chocolate cupcakes for a party guest concurrently with Cristo’s cake. It’s a yellow butter cake with homemade toffee buttercream frosting, topped with strawberries and chocolate-covered espresso beans. Dusted with Godiva cocoa.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Bailey’s cheesecake. If I had food coloring, it would be green. The chocolate blob started as a claddagh, which was super-ambitious, but develoved into a shamrock-thing.
Boston Creme
Boston Creme
One of one of the aces up my baker’s sleeve is Rosie’s Bakery’s Chocolate-Packed, Jam-Filled, Butter-Rich Cookie Book. And one of my boyfriend’s favorite treats is the Boston Cream Pie Cookie. Homemade custard (mind the camera flash!): The custard filling is milk, cream, sugar, corn starch, egg yolk, etc., and [...]
best of Harvard Square
best of Harvard Square
I love Harvard Square. I’ve worked here for over seven years, and lived in Cambridge proper for two of them. In that time, I’ve seen so much change. Just one shopfront in that time has transformed from PacSun to Abercrombie to a Citizen’s Bank. And the banks—they are taking over. [...]
