If you’ve been following, you know I live in the South. But I’m a New Englander, raised in a place where “snow day” means you better dress warm because you still have to wait for the schoolbus at the corner, only there’s about 2 feet of snow and sideways sleet hitting your face. I miss [...]
Apparently, my love of food goes way back. Wayyyyyyy back. Some of my parents’ favorite stories about me basically include me sitting in front of a steamed bun for hours, quietly fawning and lingering over it. Easy way to keep me quiet: put food in front of me. Fun and happy childhood memories often include [...]
The peach symbolizes long life, and this sweet dessert is actually a sweet bread and made especially for my most-awesomest late grandmother on her 91st birthday. She loved food, too!
My babies are growing up. Growing up fast. Fast like Speedy Gonzalez. I am devastated and heavyhearted. Why can’t my babies stay squishy-squashy, blubbery, wibbly-wobbly, endearing and uncontaminated forever? Why will they grow outside the enveloping and secure confines of my bosom and take with them my shattered heart? Why is time so merciless? Why [...]
If you cannot tell already, Zomppa Patty is a true baker. She’s creative yet analytical; flexible and adaptive (helpful when certain flours aren’t rising properly or eggs are a bit larger than normal) yet precise and deliberate (I sometimes call it a wee bit anal retentive), dramatic (check out the colors) yet strangely patient when [...]
