That time of year that calls for the mass genocide of that little bug called a crawfish is almost at an end. I’m going to leave the boil details to the Southern boy but I couldn’t let the event pass without making a little something. When we were buying king cake babies earlier in the [...]

Marshmallows don’t usually generate a lot of fuss.  They’re typically something most folks buy by the cheap bagful at the mega-mart, and never think twice about.  To these folks I say this: if you’ve never had a fresh, handmade marshmallow, you’ve never given your inner child a hug. The texture is tremendously better, the flavors [...]

“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!” Thank you Oscar Wilde for that quote. Though of course, not wanting to waste any dough I made doughnut holes too *grins* I’ve been wanting to make doughnuts for a while now, I don’t know why [...]

While studying as part of my coursework I had to design and make two showpieces, one in chocolate and one in sugar. The one in chocolate had to be film or book themed so I went with Harry Potter. Using two big heavy tomes (titled from the series) as my base I then had the [...]