Happy Boxing Day: Images From Our Christmas

While technically, last year was Kat’s first Christmas, at that time, being only a few months old, she didn’t really give a damned about it. So long as she was nursing, she was happy.
This year, on the other hand, she helped us decorate the tree, bake cookies and wrap presents.
And, as you can […]

A Christmas Gift For Caffiends: BuzzBarz

Every year around Christmas, I try to come up with a new cookie recipe or two to add to the already copious list of cookies I make every year.
This year, I didn’t get started baking until, oh, yesterday, so that curtailed my explorations in cookiedom. However, I did manage to adapt a recipe from […]

Weekend Cat Blogging: Christmas Edition

It was Christmas Eve Eve–the night before the night before Christmas–and all through the house, many creatures were stirring, measuring, shaping and baking a multitude of cookies to sweeten the holiday and make the season bright.
I caught a glimpse of a sweet sight beneath our horrifying fiber optic Christmas tree–it glimmers and glows on its […]

Menu For Hope Prize Sponsored By Salaam and Tigers And Strawberries: A Gift of Indian Spices

Here is the first post listing the prize that Restaurant Salaam and Tigers & Strawberries are sponsoring for the fourth annual Menu For Hope event hosted by Pim at Chez Pim. The prize code number you will use when you go to first giving if you are interested in buying raffle tickets for this prize […]

Gift Ideas for the Bookish Cook

What is a bookish cook?
A cook who loves books, of course!
And how do you identify a bookish cook?
When you are in said cook’s home, you will note that not only is there a huge bookshelf in the kitchen absolutely stuffed with cookbooks, but that there are bookcases in nearly every room of the house […]