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Laura asked me to make some chocolatey-choco-chocolate cupcakes for her husband Frank’s birthday today. Happy birthday Frank! And thankyou Laura for the order! I think they turned out pretty well, don’t you? I think these were my most perfect batch yet: each cupcake came out pretty much the same size, and rose beautifully. I’ve had [...]

Don’t be fooled by the sweet potato’s demure exterior. Beneath that dull brown skin lies a passionately orange flesh, chock-a-block with vitamin C, and sweet to boot! But, lest you be seduced by their sweetness, beware: these tubers are quick to anger, with a mouth like a sailor. Don’t believe me? Check it… There are [...]

A few “friends” making an appearance on Aarti Paarti tomorrow! -x-aarti

Once you begin to ponder the egg, it’s hard to stop wondering at this happy little creation. So pleasing to the eye: the sensual round, generous bottom, the delicate taper to a cute, nubby nose. A tiny rugby ball, it reminds me of a woman’s belly in those last days before birth, so swollen, so [...]

So, after moaning about being uninspired, Kuv suggested I answer this question: “I have a question for your next blog post… if you had to choose between having an extra toe or an extra finger, which would you choose??”Hmmmmm. I didn’t think I could answer it. But then the answer dawned on me: an extra [...]

Zzzzzzzzz. Far be it from me to criticize one of God’s creations, but good Lord! The zucchini is boring! Don’t you agree? So bland in flavour, so blah in texture… and yet, so cheap, so ubiquitous, and honestly, really quite pretty. Squash has hit the farmers market in my neck of the woods, and I [...]

I’ll be honest, peeps. I’ve been a bit conflicted about this blog. There. I said it. While I had previously taken heaps of joy in writing, the past month or so has been, well, how do I say it… difficult. I have a hard time thinking of things to write about. I find the Blogger [...]