Just Baking

Our stimulus check arrived in the mail yesterday. … exactly 10 minutes before our minivan decided it knew exactly what we should do with that money, and sputtered and died. Is that not Murphy’s Law or what? We bought our van new in 2003 and have not had to take it into the shop for […]

 
This week, our school is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week. Every day this week, parents are encouraged to send in a little something for the teachers — a note of encouragement, maybe some home-baked cookies, whatever. And every morning in the teacher’s room, a continental-style breakfast awaits, supplied by parent volunteers. This year, my contribution was […]

Okay, it’s a little embarrassing to admit it, so I’ll just get it over with now: I’m scared of the self-cleaning feature on my oven. That’s right, it gives me the willies. Just thinking of turning that thing up to “super-incinerate” and stepping away from it for, oh, four hours or so isn’t within my […]

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008
Do you have a great family recipe?
Would you like to see it published in an elegant cookbook?
Would you like to raise money for disadvantaged kids?
Would you like to be recognized for your participation?
You can. All of the above. Just in time for Mother’s Day!
(only 23 days left and counting)

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As the resident baker of my friends and family, it suddenly became my job to make the cake any time a holiday or special occasion arises, and that means I make a whole lot of birthday cakes. Multi-layered masterpieces, humble 6-inch rounds, and of course those ubiquitous cupcakes, each request was as fun to […]

For the fourth year running Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim is organizing the food bloggers to raise money for a worthy cause. Menu for Hope raised US$62,925.12 to help the UN World Food Programme feed the hungry in 2006. This year Menu for Hope is working in conjunction again with the UN World […]

Do you want to do something about childhood hunger in America? Join with the over 1 million people who have been baking, selling, or buying baked goods as part of Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale. So far this campaign has raised over $3 million since 2003.
“The Great American Bake Sale campaign […]