Because I rarely drink tequila and am partial to any holiday that serves as an excuse for celebration, camaraderie, and tacos, five ways to enjoy tequila that won’t leave you confused about how you got home last night. (Well, the margarita might, so exercise restraint. You have work tomorrow.) Uno – Best Basic Margarita Rim … Continue reading
Hidden Baby and some more s’mores Food tastes better when you share. True story. I was lucky enough to share my Sunday morning with Courtney and Kelsey over at HiddenBaby.com downing a couple drunk s’mores (breakfast of champions, I know, but it’s okay, my lunch included birthday tequila shots with my college housemates). I met … Continue reading
Cookies&Beer, Christmas&Family, Red Hook&AGoodCause I should write Crate&Barrel copy. Instead I’m going to advertise something way cooler and better designed than trendy housewares. Hurricane Sandy did a number on businesses in Red Hook and some very cool people got together to produce a downloadable cookbook to raise money to ReStore Red Hook. Check it out here: allhandsondeckredhook.org … Continue reading
Long silences. They happen. Particularly with this blog. But I couldn’t bake things and blog about them! I was busy reconnecting with people I haven’t seen since, like, 2007! So now I’m reconnecting with you. And to make it even sweeter, I’m gonna ask you for a favor. But since I’m in marketing, I’ll incentivize … Continue reading
Chances are, if you ask me to do something, like help with a project, climb a tree, or show up somewhere regardless of the hour, I’ll say yes. Maybe because I subscribed to #YOLO before that was a thing or maybe I don’t want to suffer from #FOMO, before or after or even if that … Continue reading
Alternate title: Grey Meat Area I’m making candied bacon. Why? Because I can. And because I can’t think of anything better to use as a swizzle stick in a bourbonbacontini. And because this is a prime example of the fact that there are no bad decisions. Just decisions, and we roll with the results of … Continue reading
I don’t know what got me stuck on turning watermelon into hearts. I’m not normally that twee with my summer fruits. Gelled, these look a bit like toro; I like the idea of serving up a plate of raw simplicity – put it out there and see who digs in. A heart on a tray … Continue reading
I have been delinquent baker lately. Sunshine in NYC calls for bikes, beaches, BBQs and not baking. However, an exciting chance to work with Streetwater and provide some boozy treats for Art=Mixx, an evening of amazing art, meeting new people, cocktails, and live jazz, made me turn the oven back on. Last night, I crystallized … Continue reading
My sister got married this past weekend in scenic Lake George, New York, an occasion for which I made 220 boozy cupcakes of two varieties. When she’d asked me, a year ago, to bake for her wedding, I thought it was a terrific idea and didn’t bother to consider how wildly unqualified I was to … Continue reading
I have this friend. He is awesome. I met him almost 11 years ago and he somehow still surprises me with just how awesome he can be. Mostly, it’s linguistic. Word choice, for him, is always apt, and clever, and catches you just enough off guard that the tiny icicles on your heart fissure and … Continue reading
The Boozy Bakeshop 