In my early years at IMAX, I had many a heated debate with several coworkers about whether pineapple was a key ingredient in carrot cake. I pretty much don’t order or eat a piece of carrot cake unless I know it has pineapple in it. …
In thinking about some of my posts from the last year, I realized that I have really just gotten all about the food and less about…anything else! Time to sit, reflect, and put pen to paper has definitely dissipated greatly but I fully intend to …
Kevin and I went out to dinner a couple of weeks ago, and we both thought the roasted cauliflower we ordered was nothing special. We both decided we could easily make it better at home, so I tried it. I’ve always liked curried cauliflower, and …
I recalled having Baskin-Robbins ice cream cakes on quite a few birthday celebrations for Crystal throughout the 10+ years I’ve known her. And any time she had a chance to bring dessert to a potluck, she brought ice cream cake. I thought it might be …
Yes ladies and gentlemen. You read that right. D*ck cookies. I tried to think of a less crude, less NSFW, cuter name to call them. But there’s no getting around it. I made d*ck cookies. And I made them twice. You now can freely lower …
Summer is officially in full swing, though this sadly also means we are well into bikini season. The good news is that summer months bring in cherries, peaches, plums, and more wonderful fruit, and while I should be working out a lot so I can …
We’re officially 6 months away from Christmas, folks. During one of my recent attempts to catch up on blogging, I realized I still had sweets from Christmas I still hadn’t posted about so I decided to wait til now to post since maybe now we’re …
In virtually “thumbing” through my photos from the beginning of the year to date, I came across the pictures of the BBQ Chicken Salad I made back in February. I just marinated some chicken thighs in Trader Joe’s BBQ sauce, and then threw it in …
I made these bars so long ago, I can’t even remember what for. I do remember finding the inspiration for them from trying a lavender lemon bar from the bakery case at Surfas when Kelley and I went there a year or two ago. Jennifer …
This is a tale of love and loss, fulfillment and heartbreak, happiness and anguish. This is a tale about my first love…at work. You meet a lot of people in the workplace. If you’re lucky, you’ll figure out who the crazy people are right away …