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daring bakers!

On June 27, 2009 By

This is my first month par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Dar­ing Bak­ers Chal­lenge! I don’t know why I haven’t par­tic­i­pated up until now, but I’m glad that I’m now in the loop. My first Dar­ing Bak­ers Chal­lenge and Foodie Fights all in one week! Wow.

The June Dar­ing Bak­ers’ chal­lenge was hosted by Jas­mine of Con­fes­sions of […]

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foodie fight!

On June 24, 2009 By

I have been selected to par­tic­i­pate in Bat­tle #6 over at Foodie Fights: zuc­chini and garam masala! I’m ter­ri­bly excited! To read more about the bat­tle and Foodie Fights in gen­eral, check it out over here.

Now to plan…

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an affair to remember

On June 22, 2009 By

I’ve been mar­ried for 6.5 years, but it’s taken less than a week for me to fall in love with another. I know, I know, a fickle heart is noth­ing to boast about… but wait until you see us together.

Meet Edgar. Our love has been a long time in the mak­ing. Lengthy visits […]

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bake sale bonanza!

On June 20, 2009 By

Thanks to every­one for your patience while I get back to blog­ging reg­u­larly. I have a ton of things to share with you, but for now, news about the bake sale!

To those of you who dropped things off ear­lier in the day– I have your platters/plates/etc, so please email me at nomblog [at} […]

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yikes…

On June 10, 2009 By

So, I’ve had some stuff in my per­sonal life side­track­ing me from blog­ging, so excuse my absence. Things will be back to normal soon.

In the mean­time… reminder:

The Port­land con­tri­bu­tion to the World­wide Vegan Bake Sale is in less than 2 week, on June 20th, at People’s, so please come and eat some […]

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in process…

On June 3, 2009 By

One of Jim’s biggest com­plaints about the bak­ing I do is rooted in my biggest thrill– vari­ety. “Once you fine-tune some­thing, I never taste it again because you’re off to the next thing.” But there is so much to do, fla­vors to try, tex­tures to taste. I can’t help myself! Sure, I love to revisit […]

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episode 2: pierogi!

On May 31, 2009 By

Wel­come to Episode 2 of the nom! nom! nom! blog cook­ing show! In this episode Jim and I pay homage to our home­lands and make our favorite starch-filled treat– pierogi! Here’s a lit­tle gram­mat­i­cal side note: the word pierogi is the plural, the sin­gu­lar is actu­ally pierog.

Potato-filled pierogi is about as clas­sic as […]

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a review, best tasted by all senses

On May 28, 2009 By

Hey there! Tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ties on the show, so we’re hop­ing for Fri­day. Until then… enjoy. Oh, and I’m twit­ter­ing now, if you should care about what­ever mun­dane task I’m par­tak­ing in. @nomnomnomblog

So, becom­ing a choco­late con­nois­seur was my New Year’s res­o­lu­tion. I haven’t been keep­ing on it very well at all, but a similar […]

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