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As I have said before, Pi Day has become a special holiday for me. I also much prefer pie over cake, which most people don't agree w...

I have been enamored by the idea of the Croquembouche for a while - a tower of cream puffs under a net of spun caramel threads. I've ...

How beautiful are these?! My Pinterest obsession is doing me well and giving me plenty of things to blog about. I was given the Thanksgiv...

Pi Day (or March 14th for the 3.14 in Pi) never meant much to me. In school, I had a number of math teachers who tried to make it fun, but...

Have you ever looked at a recipe and known - just KNOWN - that you'd love it? I like to think that I feel that way often, but in r...

I was one of those kids who never enjoyed making s'mores. I always managed to burn the marshmallow (although I preferred it un-charred),...

Like I've said, I'm a true Boston girl, which includes loving ice cream year-round . So when I heard about an ice cream shop right i...

One of the funny things about family traditions is that it can be hard to tell that they're specific to your family only. Growing up, we...

Strawberries are the first local fruit to roll out in the spring, and there is truly nothing like a strawberry right off the vine. I'm ...

As I mentioned last year , I am a Girl Scout . Like, still a Girl Scout. Like, a lifetime member of Girl Scouts. So when Girl Scout cook...

My brother Ron has the amazing ability to create earworms and catch phrases. No, create is the wrong word - but he is able to pick phrases ...

I was walking through the supermarket the other day and came to a screeching halt next to the pudding section. Kozy Shack 's new Simply...

Paklava just doesn't photograph well, does it? As a second entry into PAMA's Pomegranate Month recipe contest , I decided to update ...

Twitter has led me to some of the coolest events as of late. A while ago, I saw a tweet from Harbor Sweets , an amazing local candy compa...

Last weekend, my friends and I finally got our acts together and headed out to do a little apple picking. We decided to forgo our usual spo...

Smack dab in the middle of Davis Square sits Mr. Crepe, a comfortable space with delicious and cheap food. Part coffee shop, part gourmet t...

Apparently the cupcake trend won't go away. This summer, the Back Bay's Sweet expanded into Harvard Square, and Todd English is abo...

As I mentioned , one of the moments that hit me hardest while reading Confections of a Closet Master Baker was when Gesine was talking abou...

This past Saturday, Sugarbomber , Eat Boston , and Grand hosted the Ice Cream Showdown, a Scooper Bowl of local proportions. Seven local ...

I don't like jello at all. In fact, I hate it. I find the smell and the texture absolutely abhorrent. Which is why I'm mystified ...