I have a problem, and if you’re a blog reader / recipe lover (I assume you are if you’re reading this), then you may be able to relate. My problem is this: I bookmark way too many recipes. Way more than I’ll probably ever be able to make, but I love browsing recipe sites and […]

When I think of homemade baked goods, I generally dream of fuuudgy brownies and sofffft cookies. Soft and chewy treats are definitely my preference, however there are a few exceptions - one of which is the crispy, crunchy florentine.
Florentines are thin lace cookies traditionally made with chopped almonds. Unfortunately Taste Tester can’t eat nuts, so […]

It’s amazing how Boston is only a three hour drive away and yet I’ve only been there a few times in my life. Taste Tester and I visited this past weekend and had a great time. There are lots of fun things to do there like:
Thing #1: Walk the Freedom Trail and see some historic […]

I’m not sure this banana bread recipe quite deserves the title of ‘best ever’, but it’s real good and nice and moist. I used some pretty black bananas and replaced the pecans with raisins due to Taste Tester’s nut sensitivity. It wouldn’t be nice to poison him for breakfast… gotta at least wait til lunch […]

Don’t be fooled by that picture - it looks small, but that cookie measures 4 inches across and 1 inch thick. That’s a whole lotta cookie!
Today is a very special day at The Chocolate Peanut Butter Gallery. I finally got to taste cookies from a bakery that I’ve been dreaming about for five years! FIVE! […]

The idea for these cookies came from the blog Cookie Madness. I just kind of glanced at the photo and recipe and instantly decided to make them before really reading the post and recipe. When I saw that it was made with Martha Stewart’s Milk Chocolate Cookie recipe I was a little disappointed. Martha’s recipe […]

Taste Tester made some fantastic chocolate chip cookies this week. Don’t tell him I said this, but these are better than any chocolate chip cookie I’ve made (or bought) in recent memory.
He used Clementine’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from Ghirardelli. If you’re wondering where the peanut butter is, these cookies don’t have any (but […]

They teach you not to judge a cake by it’s cover, but this cake is truly as delicious as it looks.
It’s been a while since I baked a cake. I don’t bake cakes that often, but whenever I do this recipe comes to mind. It’s a recipe for Luscious Chocolate Cake from Lori Longbotham’s Luscious […]

It’s a sad thing to admit, but these bars look better than they taste.
The words “no bake” in a recipe have always scared me a bit. It generally seems to mean that you end up with some kind of cold, raw-ish tasting dessert, and what fun is that? But again, the other day it was […]

Not the most photogenic treat, but don’t be fooled, this stuff is addictive.
Side Note: I think I’m going to mix it up a little and post items from the food show every couple days instead of every single day. This way you can still come here for recipe ideas and I can blab about what’s […]