Category Archives: Baking

For the love of PIE ~ Week Four: Forgiveness

10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie.  For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading

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For the love of PIE ~ Week Three: Responsibility

10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie.  For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading

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For the love of PIE ~ Week Two: Diligence and Discipline

10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie.  For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading

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For the love of PIE ~ Week One: Resilience

10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie.  For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading

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Go BIG or go home.

There have been times when some have accused me of having an all or nothing mentality.  I’ll concede to not being a lover of compromise but if this was actually the case, I’d either be living in a box with … Continue reading

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Free Makeover: feather boa not included.

Long before Trading Spaces, What Not To Wear, and Extreme Makeover, existed a place where the average girl could walk in and pay $29.95 to get a professional makeover, complete with a gold sequined jacket and a photographer that makes her … Continue reading

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Good Intentions.

Every mother remembers her child’s 1st birthday.  There’s usually a lot of anticipation and planning around such a special moment regardless of the fact that it will become a lost memory for the child shortly after that first bite of … Continue reading

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Get out of my kitchen!

There are people who love to cook with their kids.  I am definitely not one of them.  Whoever thought it was a good idea to invite children into the kitchen for fun was most certainly not a control freak like me.  … Continue reading

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An old world delight.

There’d be no bigger or bolder way to launch this blog than with the most famous of the Greek desserts, Baklava!  Not only does it exist in the title of this blog, but my love for this dessert penetrates much deeper than its sweet goodness.  … Continue reading

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