I believe strongly in the power of intuition.  After all, Oprah drilled this into our heads for years, didn’t she?  99.999999999% of the time, our intuition is correct.  We just need to learn to trust it.  I knew in my … Continue reading →

I love hazelnuts but I don’t necessarily enjoy the process to remove their bitter skins.  It’s tedious and messy.  Imagine how excited I was when I happened upon hazelnuts all pristine and perfectly skinned.  I don’t consider myself a lazy … Continue reading →

Yeast has been calling screaming out to me for weeks now.  Between the rush of the holidays and the ruthlessness of the flu bug, I just haven’t had the time to rear a yeasted dough through its required stages.  Breads cannot … Continue reading →

What to do with an abundance of over-ripe bananas?  Well, make banana bread, of course.  I usually have a banana every morning for breakfast, but ever since my go round with the flu, they just haven’t sounded a”peel”ing to me. … Continue reading →

Whew – the title of this post is a mouthful, isn’t it.  I just didn’t want to leave out any of the details describing this cupcake. I’m fully aware that these cupcakes are cookie impostors but I don’t think you are going … Continue reading →