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brunch / calvados / muffin / spirits / sweets

trash muffins

Posted on November 12, 2018 by ellie • 1 Comment

In case any of you have ever harbored romantic notions about what it must be like to live with me, let this confirm that it would be terrible. I have weird hangups about the smell of damp towels. I require kitchen items to be meticulously placed in specific locations. I leave craft projects all over … Continue reading →

cocktail / gin / menu / menus / savory / Sober Sunday / spirits / sweets

(sort of) Sober Sunday: Afghan saffron and emails to my sister

Posted on April 24, 2016 by ellie • Leave a comment

saffron threads are the thread of the menu – cocktail optional, but highly recommended My sister works for the UN. She does something with refugee camps and saves orphans in her free time. She has a bullet proof vest. I think things blow up in near proximity to her. Based on her Facebook pictures, it … Continue reading →

cake / cake mix / easy to make / kahlua / sweets

how to (not really) adult: coffee cake edition

Posted on June 25, 2015 by ellie • 4 Comments

A recent study in Psychological Science cataloging the findings of Neil Lewis of the University of Michigan and Daphna Oyserman of the University of Southern California found that subjects would take action sooner if far off events were put in terms of days, rather than months or years, thus tricking the brain into solving some … Continue reading →

cookies / kirsch / sweets

oh captain, my captain (and cream puffs of possibility)

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ellie • Leave a comment

In high school, I treasured my copy of Leaves of Grass – it was a gift from the Walt Whitman Society, a prize, along with cash for winning first place prize in their annual poetry contest. (I know…I was super cool)His words word transcendent to me – liquid spirituality pouring from the pages. I wanted … Continue reading →

Baileys / calvados / chocolate / Cointreau / holiday / kahlua / pie / spirits / sweets / tequila / Triple Sec

International Pi(e) Day

Posted on March 14, 2015 by ellie • Leave a comment

the anatomy of an email and pie with booze I have my work email on my personal mobile device. It’s a double edged sword because while I don’t look like a douche with two phones in my pocket, work email is always with me. Of course, I assume that should you be emailing me after … Continue reading →

menu / menus / savory / wine

I can’t bake for you

Posted on January 22, 2015 by ellie • 2 Comments

internet dating vs. beef stew & parsnip mash Recently, I’ve begun dating on the internets, and it has been mostly “meh”. Which is not to say that every man I’ve met has not accurately represented himself, been intelligent, employed, polite, and good looking. I find something in common with each of them. But the interview … Continue reading →

cake / cookies / easy to make / holiday / pie / Sober Sunday

sober sunday: pumpkin whoopie pie shaped dopamine receptors

Posted on October 30, 2014 by ellie • Leave a comment

boy-shaped love drug & the best pumpkin pie alternative Poets likened love to a disease, Donne called it a canker worm, eating at the tender rose, like a cancer or virus weakening the host cell. But The Beatles said all you need is love, to save, to heal, to act as a salve curing the loneliness … Continue reading →

birthday / cake / cake mix / chocolate / easy to make / rum / spirits / sweets

shake it off

Posted on October 14, 2014 by ellie • Leave a comment

defining moments Coming up with recipes and menus is often about defining a moment rather than a taste. Yes, I’m trying to make a dish that tastes good, but I’m also trying to distill the essence of a particular moment into a flavor – communicate the breadth of all the feels I have but am … Continue reading →

bourbon / cocktail / easy to make / ice cream / Root / spirits

Cold Comfort

Posted on August 27, 2014 by ellie • Leave a comment

root beer floats to lift a heavy heart In all my hippy belief that the universe will sort everything out, sometimes things happen that are inherently unfair. On the global scale of war, poverty, and disease to the personal injustices of death, hurt, loss, it’s hard to rationalize when bad things happen to good people. … Continue reading →

chocolate / cookies / easy to make / rum / sweets / vegan

love people, use things

Posted on July 28, 2014 by ellie • Leave a comment

hippie karma & vegan cookies I’m always wary when things are going too well; I never get that lucky. Something comically disastrous is just waiting to happen when the going is good, and it always does. The reverse is true too: just when that bully Fate steals my lunch money, yet again, someone reaches out and … Continue reading →

The Boozy Bakeshop

everything in moderation (one-bowl breakfast cookies)

Sober Sunday: I’m just going to get drunk in this American Apparel Unitard

santiago cakes

hedging my bets

Manic Pixie Dream Boy

Margarita Pie (no ‘h’ means it’s not pizza)