September 2009
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A few days ago I mentioned the Betty Crocker Cereal Spooktacular contest. It’s still open and Betty Crocker is accepting entries. As for ours, some food bloggers were put in a separate division and submitted entries a while back. Winners will be posted in October, but I thought I’d tell you about our entries now. [...]
Published on September 30, 2009
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UPDATED as per PCC’s comment. Here’s a link to the newly designed site. Plastic Container City ——————————————————————————– This weekend Rina told me about a good place to buy packaging materials for baked goods — Plastic Container City. Rina purchased her cupcake boxes from Plastic Container City, and after my experience packing that same cupcake container in my [...]
Published on September 30, 2009
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Last year’s trip to San Francisco was fun, but this past weekend’s was better in so many ways. For one thing, we had a car. Not a rental, but that of our lovely friend Rina who loves baking as much as we do and knew all the bakery hot spots. We only had time for [...]
Published on September 29, 2009
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Explore the gallery of Halloween goodies made with cereal, or come up with your own. Betty Crocker wants to see your creative ideas for Halloween. Just upload a photo that includes a Halloween-themed recipe using General Mills cereal. One photo will be selected by the kitchen experts to be the star of BettyCrocker.com on Halloween! [...]
Published on September 28, 2009
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Hello from sunny and surprisingly warm San Francisco, where I spent most of yesterday at the St. Regis meeting other bloggers and attending panels on ways to be a better food blogger. It was a lot to take in and there were points where I felt overwhelmed, undereducated and underaccessorized. But the point that finally [...]
Published on September 27, 2009
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I’m on my way to San Francisco and will check in from there, but for now I wanted to tell you about some recipes that have been on my mind — old recipes from the past. September 22 was National White Chocolate Day. Naturally, I missed it. If I’d been on top my National Food [...]
Published on September 25, 2009
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I’m heading to San Francisco this Friday for a big food blogger conference. Months ago, I was excited. Now I’m sort of nervous, but still looking forward to it. At least when you get a bunch of food bloggers together, there’s something to talk about. So this week I’m baking things that are …
Published on September 23, 2009
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Fair Warning: I made brownies (again!) today and will post the recipe later. But if you’re tired of brownies, here are some other recipes you might like better. They got my attention even though all I’ve been craving is brownies. Crispy Oatmeal Cookies from the L.A. Times, accompanied by a very nice article about the [...]
Published on September 23, 2009