Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.
I love me my coffee drinks. They are great for company, and super stupid easy. They taste good, they make you feel warm and fuzzy on cold days (how can you go wrong with coffee and alcohol?), and basically they’re an all around good thing for people who want to be social without excessive boozing….
It’s the most bakingest time of the year! And naturally, we’re in our kitchens, because when you can’t figure out what else to get for the people who have everything, you always know that you can count almost always count on a cookie being a well-received holiday gift. I give them to almost everybody in…
This five-minute vegan, sugar-free instant ice cream, made with just two ingredients, was one of those “necessity is the mother of invention” products. My frustration level with allergy-friendly ice cream and popsicles hit maximum during the spate of 40 celcius weather we’ve been having. There’s a crap-ton of coconut ice cream out there on the market….
One of the biggest problems with making desserts around here during the summer is that people seldom want to eat the same thing. Heck, I can’t even get people to synchronize their meals. So needless to say, a quick-prep, ready-anytime microwaveable dessert that’s not a cookie when people feel like having one has great appeal. Cobblers,…
I was thinking that I posted my bakeable milk chocolate chips from scratch with cacao butter and cocoa powder like a year ago. That’s when I actually went back and looked, and I realized it was actually like two. The recipe is well overdue for an overhaul, especially since I have learned so much about chocolate…
If there’s a silver lining to having to deal with the doom and gloom of winter, it’s that winter is prime citrus season in North America! So that’s why you’re seeing bags of clementines, meyer lemons and grapefruit everywhere… we’re in full swing right now (citrus season tends to officially kick off in November), and…
Christmas is done, and we’re heading towards the end of 2014. It’s been a heck of a ride to Christmas time, between crushing deadlines, work, and cold and flu season. Finally come Boxing-day, we’ve all found a bit of breathing space and we’re all loafing on the sofa like we’re at the bitter end of…
I can’t believe it’s December. Argh. NaBloPoMo kind of made the whole month just speed on by. So I’m playing editorial catch-up again, as I’ve been spending mo time at the keyboard and less time in the kitchen, making pie. Well, what can you do. Here I am at the last minute yelling “get your…
It used to be that the fall season was heralded by back to school sales, some lovely apples, and the changing of the leaves. Now I know that winter is coming when I see my first Instagram photo of a pumpkin spice latte. Within hours, the internet becomes full of Pumpkin Spice Everything and I’m…
It’s kind of funny that one of my earliest recipes has suddenly become one of the most searched, so I’m bringing it back to the forefront with a new picture and a printable recipe card. And it totally deserved this, because I had forgotten how really, truly delicious this icing is. Before I began doing…