Bread

Morning Reality {Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Yeast Bread}

November 30, 2010

Before I had kids, back when I was working 60-70 hours a week trying to get ahead in my career, I would dream about being a stay at home mom. I would picture myself getting up early in the morning, catching up on the news each day by watching The Today Show, pouring myself a [...]

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Polite Bread Eating {Recipe: French Bread Rolls}

November 16, 2010

I am a bread lover. If I had to give up all other food but one, bread would make the cut and would become my one and only.  I love all kinds of bread. I do not love trying to figure out a polite way to eat crusty French rolls, though… do you? You know [...]

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Time Machine (Recipe: Pumpkin Biscuits with Orange-Honey Butter)

October 21, 2010

One bite was all it took for me to be sitting around our dining room table in my childhood home, nylons still on my feet, shoes off, my parents nagging at me that I’m ruining my nylons because I am not wearing shoes… “Do you know how much nylons cost? You are running around the [...]

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Pumpkin Muffin Confessions (Recipe: Pumpkin Muffins)

October 19, 2010

Since I am in the mood for confessions, I wanted to share another one with you. First of all, I love Miracle Whip. That has nothing to do with the confession I am about to make…I just wanted to clear the air with that first. My favorite pumpkin muffin is derived from a cake mix. [...]

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Building a Blogging Community (Recipe: Banana Bread)

August 31, 2010

I have been blogging for almost four years now, and while I am no expert at all to food blogging, I have seen a lot of things as the food blogging niche has completely exploded into something beyond belief. When I first started blogging, there was a small, intimate handful of us. Now, there are [...]

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Dancing Queen Gone Unseen (Recipe: Rosemary Bread)

June 6, 2010

The evening really did start off nicely. The girls and I were be-bopping around in my bathroom to some of our favorite tunes. I was on hair, makeup and costume duty getting my daughters all ready for their dance recital performance that they had been working on all year long. The excitement was overwhelming… neither [...]

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The Hip Hostess Apron Giveaway (Recipe: Peanut Butter Pancakes)

May 31, 2010

Post Update – The Random Number Generator winner of The Hip Hostess Apron giveaway is…. Melissa from Baking for the Boys. Congrats, Melissa! I hope you love your apron as much as I love mine! When I was little, my parents called my Grubby Gert. I came by that nickname quite honestly, from what I’ve [...]

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55 Knives Cookbook (Recipe – Country Dinner Rolls)

May 24, 2010

There is a great new e-cookbook on the market today called 55 Knives and I am honored to be one of 55 food bloggers with a personal story and favorite recipe featured in it. I have had the pleasure of looking through this e-cookbook and am so thrilled with how it turned out. The stories [...]

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A Messed Up Life (Recipe: Southern Buttermilk Biscuits)

May 12, 2010

Well, it’s official. That future therapy fund for my kids that I have been contributing to since their birth is definitely going to be used. Ella, my three year old, just informed me that I am messing up her life. Yep… at 3, she is already talking like a fifteen year old who can’t stand [...]

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Ask a Blogger Question #3 – Popular Food Photography Sites

April 26, 2010

Today’s “Ask a Blogger” question comes from Erica over at piExperiment. Erica has a question about submitting photos to some of the more popular food photography sites, like Foodgawker and Tastespotting. “When I edit my photos on my personal computer they look one way, but not the same when I upload them onto foodie photo [...]

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