aka: Where Rachel sacrifices herself to try almost 2 dozen cookies around SF for the benefit of others… This past July, I visited San Francisco for a weekend to see Mr. R while he was busily working on a project there for work. Since he needed to be in the …
Deciding to start this blog coincidentally timed perfectly with my first trip to Paris. Mr. R has been working hard lately and needed a break and who was I to turn down the suggestion that we go to Paris for a week? I mean, it’s a city full of pastry …
I apologize, I’ve been away for a while. First there was the frantic baking of over a dozen kinds of Christmas cookies. …
I can tell you the exact month I became a little crazy about chocolate. It was February 2008, and it was Mr. …
Spring is taking it’s own sweet time this year. Last year we had a week of 90° days in March that caught …
It’s no secret that my favorite food is ice cream. I grew up with a steady supply of Nerds blizzards, root beer …
Today is the day I discovered that culture shock is not just reserved for those times you visit foreign countries where you …
Wow. 2 years. A lot or really not that much at all has happened depending on how I look at it. We …
It seems like every few posts I write here, I end up apologizing for how long it’s been since my last post. …
A couple weekends ago, my Dad arrived via Amtrak from MN to embark on our annual father, daughter chocolate tour. It coincidentally …
Mr. R has been in the great (and warmer) state of Texas for a week now at SXSW. For the second year …
I’ve been eager to write this post since I started this blog; but It’s been over a year now, so what gives? …
So I took an embarrassingly long break. You might have noticed. I didn’t even warn you about it, I just sheepishly snuck …
Thanksgiving is coming up next week, and then we’ll be in the thick of holiday baking season. I think I’m already in …
Mr. R and I have been in Boston a little more than three months now and are slowly breaking in our new …
You probably don’t need me to tell you it’s apple season. Apples are my favorite; they probably account for the largest single …
I’ve been procrastinating. Last Friday, the bed didn’t get made until 3:30, lunch wasn’t eaten until 4, and that doctor’s appointment I …