KrisI didn’t choose the baking life… the baking life chose me. Seriously–for someone who doesn’t really enjoy baked goods that much, I sure make a hell of a lot of them. And now that I …
Andes® Mint Hot Chocolate
Eight more days until Christmas. I can’t believe it! I don’t feel anywhere near ready for the trip back to Colorado, let alone for the whirlwind of activities that will be taking place over the …
S’mores Cookies
I’ve mentioned before that I’m not the biggest fan of sweets–which, if you follow the pattern of the recipes I post on here, seems pretty hypocritical. I think the biggest word in my tag cloud …
Persimmon & White Chocolate Bread Pudding
A few weekends ago, I was given a bounty of persimmons from my aunt. Her sister has a large persimmon tree in her yard that apparently inundates their family with persimmons come fall–her family, in …
Bittersweet Chocolate Sablés
I really like my optometrist and his office—I just saw him recently for my second check-up (wow, almost two years of living in LA already?) and I actually had fun. No, really! Instead of saying …