Wasn’t it just New Years? Is is really Valentine’s already? The calendar says February 14, and after attempting to eat healthy in January, it is truly time to dust off the Kitchen Aid and bake some goodies. Let’s make them heart shaped why don’t we? And they must be red…Red Velvet Cheesecake brownies here we come! Yesterday was a stressful but exciting work day. My clients made an offer on [...]
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Adrienne and I were on the same wavelength this year- enough with the cookies, let’s have some brownies! Check out Adrienne’s “I heart NY” patterned white chocolate chip brownies and guest post for this year’s holiday cookie swap! For the past several years, I have been making, freezing, storing, and sending baked goods to my family members for Christmas. I have two dads, seven siblings, and nine nieces and nephews [...]
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Cookies, cookies, and more cookies. This week has been ridiculously sweet. Two cookie exchanges in a 48 hour period have filled my fridge with way too many tempting treats for one woman to handle. This year I opted out of making cookies and decided to bake my mom’s favorite brownies. Even though the brownies aren’t particularly holiday-esque, she would only make them at Christmas time. I always wondered why this was the [...]
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Baseball playoffs and Halloween work out perfectly when the Giants are in the World Series. Orange October for everyone! San Francisco has Giants fever and what a better way to celebrate Halloween than with a World Series Champs Parade? I can’t think of any. So go light your SF Giants pumpkin. Make yourself a SF Giants brownie treat. And go trick-or-treating dressed as the SF Giants MVP himself. Happy Halloween! [...]
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Dave Matthews said it best; “Life is short but sweet for certain.” I am often reminded of this fact, though I wish the reminders were delivered in a nicer form. My friend’s dad recently passed away after losing the battle against lung cancer. Losing parents sucks. Cancer sucks. And when I’m anxious, sad, mad, or all of the above, I need to occupy myself…so I bake. The night I found [...]
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I felt that Easter was upon us more so than ever this year due to my recent Europe trip. All of the towns we visited in Germany and Austria we covered in Easter paraphernalia. Every shop window was Easter themed and there was even a special Easter section in the massive Christmas store we went to. Though I was reminded of Easter everywhere on my trip, it was also the [...]
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No not that kind of special brownies, but they do have an extra special twist to them. It was my friend Colette’s birthday, and she works with my boyfriend, Jon (and she is actually how we met). Last year, I baked her brownies and had him bring them to work so she would have treats first thing in the morning on her birthday. And this year was going to be [...]
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Another friend’s birthday and another excuse to make treats! I am a recent huge fan of Pinterest…have you heard of it? It is like a twitter feed for fun and inspiring pictures, whether it’s food, style, crafts, words of wisdom, etc. I love it and so does most every other girl I know. It is a perfect way for me to organize pictures of everything I want to make. I [...]
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