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 Okay, so it started off to be a Strawberry Cream Gateau (from the Golden Book of Baking).  However, when I actually started to make this monster, I realized that gateau means soaking the strawberries and the cake in liquor.  I hate...

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Sent from my iPhone

What's up with all of the "new clip" notifications?  I'm importing my Instagram photos (there are a couple hundred of them). Unless you're living in a cave, you probably know that Facebook bought Instagram this week for $1 billion.  I'm...

The Year of Random Desserts is even more random for March...I was going to make cutesy little chocolate cake balls (see http://bakerella.com for examples), but time got away from me and they ended up naked.  No coating, no sprinkles, just cake...

I'm not pointing fingers anywhere (and I know we're all very busy), but it seems to me that many invitations we receive to kid birthday parties are missing critical pieces of information that would make everyone's life easier.   For anyone...

 This one was so spectacular that there was almost an accident when 3-4 cars all tried to pull over into the parking lot at the same time.  There is also a professional photographer camped out on the beach (just offscreen to the right...I...

Our clan has expanded recently, and I wanted to share the big news.  In addition to Oscar the three-legged cat...   We now have Frosty the guinea pig (um, because he has white on him)...   ...and Furry the guinea pig (well,...