Longtime readers may recall that last year I entered the inaugural Gin-GRR-bread Habitat Contest at the National Zoo. My entry turned out better than I had ever expected, and I was fairly certain...
I went scrapping with Laurie last weekend, and when I go up to her place, I usually bring a treat of some sort. This weekend I made up a recipe after seeing key limes at the grocery store. It tur...
Yesterday was Andrew’s birthday. We spent a quiet evening celebrating his 35th year, with dinner and cake. Inspired by Chocstress over at Chocablog, I decided to make a Dalek Cake. That’s And...
Part of my family’s holiday traditions growing up was a fair amount of Christmas baking. Mom would start baking sometime after Thanksgiving, and by the end, we’d have six or seven varieties o...
http://www.airynothing.com/2006/12/christmas-past-baking-cookies/
Last weekend I did most of my Christmas baking (and some of you work friends have already sampled it). I made seven different kinds this year more than what I was planning, but a couple of the...
My Mom recently discovered that she has trouble digesting gluten, so has switched to a gluten-free diet. For those of you unfamiliar with gluten, it’s in everything, or at least seems to be. Th...
Our weather has been miserable hot and miserable humid, so I decided that we needed to celebrate summer a bit. My method? Grilling! We went out this morning and bought a little grill (Weber’s S...
http://www.airynothing.com/2006/07/tribute-to-summer-dinner/
This time around I decided to try Bitch, PhD’s suggestion of using colored sugars or rainbow sprinkles anchored in the horses with butter. (I had thought about using colored sugar, etc., but co...
http://www.airynothing.com/2006/03/carousel-bundt-cake-trial-3/
I tried baking with my carousel bundt pan again this time I didn’t make the mistake of topping it with powdered sugar, and I think it turned out better than last time. Instead, this time aro...
http://www.airynothing.com/2006/02/carousel-bundt-pan-trial-2/
One of my Christmas presents from my parents was this cool bundt pan in the shape of a carousel. Tonight was my first attempt at making a cake with the pan. I used a Death by chocolate bundt cake...
http://www.airynothing.com/2006/01/carousel-bundt-pan-attempt-1/