Category Archives: sweets
Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
The three chicks always strive for innovation here at the world headquarters of the Community Resource Center, where I am the executive director, chief fundraiser and toilet cleaner. Especially on Bacon Wednesdays. Yes, every Wednesday we eat bacon in some … Continue reading
Hostess CupCakes
I am devastated. Bereft. Hostess. Bankruptcy. No! How could this happen? How could the single greatest desserts in the Western World be at peril? Why aren’t the presidential candidates talking about this? They all grew up eating Hostess CupCakes and … Continue reading
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Baking with Nana
As you all know, I am not a baker. But when I bake with my 3-year-old granddaughter, Sydney, I am a rock star. A veritable three-star pastry chef. And the key is…sprinkles. Preferably in girly colors like pink and purple. … Continue reading
Christmas Cherry Bells
This will be a rather scattered post about the beauty of the Christmas cookie, both past and present. It started as a post simply about Christmas Cherry Bells, an old-fashioned cookie that holds special memories for my Mark because his … Continue reading
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Booze and philanthropy
It is Christmas Giveaway week at CRC. It is madness. Utter madness. Our 5,000-square-foot warehouse is jam packed with stuff. More than 60 nonprofit agencies are coming to pick it all up. We make piles for them based on the … Continue reading
Chocolate Peppermint Dessert Cups
If you ever need a quick shot of holiday cheer, you just stop by Katie Faulkner and Helen Austin’s house. Katie and Helen, daughter and mother, hosted this year’s Women of St. Paul’s Christmas Cheer Party. Every year, Katie and … Continue reading
Pewter Rose rum cake
The Wild Women have been excused to go back to their previously lived lives. But we’ll always have the rum cake. Back in the day, you would often find us at The Pewter Rose, which is still a much-beloved edgy … Continue reading
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Apple Galette
It is officially pie season. When you see more apples than anything else at the Farmer’s Market that’s when the urge to make pie kicks in for me. I am a winter pie lover. Bring on not only the apples, … Continue reading
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Cafeteria food
No, it is not what you think at all. Broken-hearted, once again, I have taken Noah back to the University of Tennessee for his sophomore year. And he invites Bunny and me to eat in the cafeteria for lunch. “Umm, … Continue reading
Food therapy
It would be unseemly to boast about the exceptional quality of the funeral food that arrived at Bunny’s house after the passing of my father-in-law. That would indicate there is a pecking order in the desirability of funeral food, which … Continue reading
