A guide to making life a little more fabulous

Hilary and Aaren would kill me if I didn’t post this recipe soon.

As some of you may know, the official dessert of Maryland is the Smith Island cake.

As you may remember, my mom made me a Ding Dong cake for my birthday.

You are going to need some very special skills to make these chicken tacos.

I have this awesome cookbook I got when I was in San Antonio a few years ago (I think I may have actually purchased said cookbook at the Alamo), called Los Barrios Family Cookbook.

The day before we were going to Hilary and Matt’s, I got a text message: Do you like broccoli? The answer, if you haven’t guessed, is yes.

Last week I read this article in the New York Times about how Americans don’t eat enough vegetables.

You may remember my French vanilla incident this summer.

I had some dried ancho chile peppers left over from making that Esquire oatmeal, and this recipe was on the package.

I love mashed potatoes, but I think Toby loves them even more.

Whether you call them cornmeal pancakes, hoecakes or Jen & Melissa cakes (I know, hilarious), these are delicious.

Sorry that swimming post was depressing.

The other day, my friend/co-worker Heidi sent me a grilled cheese slide show.

I usually wait a few days before posting things I’ve made (sometimes even longer), but I had to go ahead and show you these cupcakes I brought to work for Halloween.

I am still planning to make the hummingbird cake ASAP, but Toby and I are living in the Navy Lodge (a hotel) right now because our bedroom ceiling, walls and closet have been gutted/ripped out because of a leak.

Remember that apple slide show from Sunset magazine a few weeks ago? Just about everything on it looks good to me, but I made the apple corn muffins first.

There are a lot of foods I love at Thanksgiving: sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, pecan pie.