Monthly Archives: August 2010

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Pamper Yourself

I finally did it last night. I finally used up the last half of a bag of chocolate nibs and made another batch of my favorite bath scrub ever, the chocolate bath scrub. When I got out of the shower, I was soft and luxurious feeling. It was excellent. Now, almost 24 hours later, my [...]

Why don’t you take a little time out with me, just Take 5….

I’m calling these my homemade Take 5 bars but really, there are only four lights ingredients. Caramel. Chunky peanut butter. Pretzel. And chocolate. Oh unless you count awesome as an ingredient. These candy bars came as a request, as pretty much all my candy bars do, this time from my friend Chase. He sent me [...]

You look like the milkman…

I’m feeling pretty old-school these days. We bought a house that’s 150 years old. I don’t have a microwave anymore. My grandmother wants to give me a butter churn. And we have a milkman. Yes, that’s right. We have a milkman. His name is Stan. Stan the milkman. I’ve never met Stan but I heart [...]

Toffee Break: Homemade Heath Bars

I want to make a disclaimer on this post: I don’t really eat that much junk food. Honestly. I know it seems like it, what with every other post being a chocolate cake or a marshmallow mousse or fruity alcoholic drink or yet another homemade candy bar. I eat a lot of fruit, veggies, whole [...]

Visual Gastronomy

Fancy title, isn’t it? Anyway, I have all these pictures that I take throughout the week of various meals I make. Some meals I blog, some I don’t. Some pictures go up on the site, some don’t. I figured that since I’m recovering from a brief bout of illness just now, I’ll make myself feel [...]