Christmas Eats

27 Dec 07 | by Lorraine in: Christmas, Food, Sweet Stuff | 6 Comments »

Merry Christmas, everyone! The husband and I spent an quiet eve alone, opening presents, feasting on chinese food, and having a Christmas movie marathon. But I’m not here to tell you about the tears I shed while watching It’s a Wonderful Life, I wanted to share with you all the holiday goodies we’ve been enjoying [...]

Home for Halloween

07 Nov 07 | by Lorraine in: Cooking, Food, Food and Drink | No Comments »

We celebrated Halloween at home this year, watching the kids in costume come and go, and RUNNING OUT OF CANDY IN 45 MINUTES. I’m not kidding, 45 minutes is how long our 151 bags of candy lasted.
Some of the family came over to enjoy some smoked sausages, sauerkraut, and potato salad (all made by my [...]

Tokidoki Cake

29 Aug 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Desserts, Food, Super Sarap, Sweet Stuff | 1 Comment »

I am LOVING this right now- not only is it Tokidoki, it’s Le Sportsac- AND it’s a cake!
outside: tons of fondant to make the tokidoki figure (and a lot of toothpicks), and to create the bag. the hearts and crossbones were hand-piped by her assistant, claire, onto wax paper, then dried and applied to the [...]

Cupcake Heaven

22 Aug 07 | by Lorraine in: Desserts, Food, Sweet Stuff | No Comments »

We had to bring the husband’s iMac in for repairs at the lovely Apple Store yesterday, and thought we’d drop by Cupcakes by Sonja on our way home. The cupcakes, all eight that we bought, went quickly- so quickly that all I could photograph was the box they came in. But it’s a pretty box.
This [...]

My Kind of Pizza (Chicago Deep Dish!)

25 Jul 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Cooking, Food, Recipes, Super Sarap | 3 Comments »

Blame it on this video on YouTube. For weeks now, and all throughout my short bout with the flu, I’ve been craving authentic Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Because I don’t know where to get it here in the lovely suburbs, I decided to do it myself.

I used this recipe I found online. Please note that [...]