I am very excited! This week, I cooked my very first cake from scratch! Behold my first cake! Doesn’t that look delicious? Let me tell you, if you love dark chocolate, this is the recipe for you! It uses two types of chocolate, courtesy of Scharffen Berger – 70% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate and 62% Cacao…
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Chocolate Heart-Shaped Cake with Chocolate Glaze Recipe – Scharffen Berger Chocolate Review & Giveaway
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Is it the 29th Yet?
Friday, January 29th, 2010
A message I left last night: Hi X. It’s me. It’s 11:30 my time so it’s 8:30 where you are. I just wanted to call and wish you a Happy Birthday! I hope you’re out having fun! Wait…it is the 29th, isn’t it? Oh wow. Well, if it isn’t the 29th, then I really need…
Read more...Rules for Riding the Metro
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
I have occasion to be on the Metro quite a bit. And on my journeys it’s always interesting to people watch and see how people behave. I’ve noticed that few people do not follow what I thought are general basic train riding etiquette rules. One particular experience occurred to me when a middle aged man…
Read more...Zap Your Way to Delicious Italian Food – Michael Angelo's Review & Giveaway
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
One of the things that I’ve noticed about TV dinners is that they most often smell better than they taste. I’ll pull out a freshly zapped dinner of Salisbury Steak thinking that it smells absolutely divine, only to be sadly disappointed by the singular flavor and mushy texture. I understand that there are some limitations…
Read more...Cheeseburger Quesadilla Recipe – Mission Tortilla Review
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
My friends tell me I need to eat more red meat, which as been a bit of a struggle for me because I really only ate red meat in hamburgers or steak. Last month, I bought four pounds of ground beef, which I then froze in little plastic containers until I could figure out what…
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