Hello friends, Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and sadly, it is the least of my priorities. Â It feels terrible to say that, because as you know, I LOVE celebrating every little thing to the max! Â Let me explain.... Our family has been dealing with some big challenges ...
Off to Italy to Interview The Gelato Authority, Andrea Fassi
Do you know the difference between Italian gelato and ice cream? I bet you do, but until two weeks ago, I really had no clue. While they are both cold, creamy and delicious, I thought of gelato as being like the complicated, bilingual, well-traveled, private school cousin of ice ...
Fun with Fondant
Last week was my daughter Madison's birthday party, and as we have done for previous birthdays, we decided to bake a kid-concept cake. Â A kid-concept cake is when the kids draw a picture of their dream birthday cake, and we work together as a team and bake that vision ...
Our Best Campfire Recipe
Author: Madison, Age 9 I went to camp last month, and on a stargazing overnight I tried a new recipe called Banana Boats. The Banana Boats are made with bananas, crumbled graham crackers, mini marshmallows and mini M&M's. the rating I would give this recipe is a ...
Fortune Cookie Quest
Following in the footsteps of my daughter, I hopped from stone-to-stone, ensuring not to step on any cracks in the rocky pathway. We played under Redwood trees at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. How in the world did we end up there? ...