Thanksgiving’s Best Dressing

I’m pausing from cooking to make a blog post because I always have the darnedest time trying to find my favorite recipes, and I need something saved online. Not only on my blog, but something I can pin to Pinterest. So, I give you Alice’s Dressing, which has become my dressing, with a few tweaks …

Downton Abbey Party and Recipes

Sunday night was the Downton Abbey Season 4 premiere and for months, I’ve been planning to have an elegant dinner/tea party to celebrate. I confessed to my husband that I’ve always wanted to have a frou-frou tea party to celebrate my birthday, but who throws a birthday party for themselves? So this gave me the …

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Call me morbid, but every time I make red velvet cake, I think about how it looks like a bakery crime scene. (You should click to enlarge the photos and truly experience the gruesomeness that IS red velvet cake.) Especially when my favorite batter-scooping-spoon is nowhere to be found, and I have to improvise, filling …

Baby Chicks from Hell

Easter is just around the corner, and on Facebook and Pinterest, I’m seeing all kinds of people posting pics of these adorable baby chick deviled eggs. Cute, huh? But take it from me: RUN! RUN for the hills! Run for your life, far, far away from any temptation to make this dastardly recipe! These fluffy …