Baking has been a very frustrating undertaking here in the US for me. You might be wondering, how so? The thing is that cakes and muffins never turned out to be quite right. The taste usually was a-okay, but the texture was completely off. A marble cake, which is supposed...
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{via my 365 project} In honor of J’s birthday – which is today! Hooray! – I unleashed my domestic goddess. I prepared a little birthday table for him this morning and baked some cupcakes (from this book!) yesterday. Actually, they’re muffins. J – who doesn’t have a sweet tooth at...
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What’s the most exotic food that you’ve ever tried? I’d like to think of myself as pretty open to new foods and new tastes. I am not a picky eater and there are not too many things that I just simply can’t eat at all (one example would be liver)....
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This weekend, I didn’t really want to cook and I, having a sweet tooth, had a craving for one of my Mom’s sweet treats. I don’t know if you were already able to figure out what it is from the picture or if you remember it from earlier posts, because...
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Today I’ll be sharing with you the recipe for a traditional (German) Easter bread with which I have been tempting you for the last few years already. For those of you, who want to try and bake it yourselves, here’s the recipe, finally: San’s Easter Bread 2 1/4 cups wheat...
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One of my goals last week was to cook every single night (from scratch). I made it sound like a huge goal, but to be honest, I am doing that pretty much most of the time and it’s not something I really have to force myself to do (unlike the...
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J and I had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday. We slept in and spent most of the day at home, drinking hot tea and anticipating our dinner. We started cooking together around 5 p.m. I prepared the a walnut-chestnut stuffing while J prepared the turkey chicken. It turned out great. We...
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Today is a good day to reflect on all the good things in my life. I am thankful for my loving husband. I am thankful for my supportive, loving family (only an ocean away). I am thankful for a sister that is not only my sister, but my best friend....
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