Day 2 of Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. The prompt: “Share the best restaurant experience you had this year. Who was there? What made it amazing? What taste stands out in your mind?”

Hands down, my birthday party this past October. I told Jon not to bother doing anything, which was truly fine with me. . . . → Read More: Best of 2009 Blog Challenge: Dec 2

I probably won’t post every day of the Shredhead 30-day challenge, but I’ll tag in when I have insights or lessons (or, um, gripes) to share:

Today was Day #2 of Level 2. I wasn’t sure whether the routine would be different day-to-day and it wasn’t, which was good in that I knew what to expect but . . . → Read More: Shredhead Lessons Day #2

Pursuant to my Dunkin’ Monuts post, here’s that hilarious photo (by Ryan Pyle for the Globe) I mentioned (it took me a whole weekend to remember to take advantage of my awesome . . . → Read More: Cute Little Mochi Rings

I’ve been a Mark Bittman fan since acquiring his How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food, but my respect level kicked up a couple notches when I read this interview in the New York Times (photo credit: Kelly Doe/NYT). Though he’s a professional foodie, Bittman makes it work in a Manhattan flat with a . . . → Read More: Doing With Less

Yesterday’s Boston Globe included a front-page feature on Dunkin’ Donuts’ second attempt to expand into China. According to the article, Dunkin’ has been hard at work, scouring real estate, slaving in the test kitchen, etc., and I can’t help but giggle at the results: mochi rings. Or, what I’ve been calling Dunkin’ Monuts (this makes Jon . . . → Read More: Dunkin’ Monuts

I still can’t believe it’s been less than 3 weeks since the election. And one thing that I keep hearing about from my friends is disbelief over these cupcakes I made for an Obamarama party, so I’ll share the image here.

A friend of mine suggested that I should write Obama and ask for a position on . . . → Read More: Secretary of the Bakery