Mini Peanut Butter Oreo Crusted Chocolate Baileys Cheesecakes

As you know, I love cheesecake (see HERE, HERE, and HERE). It is my go to dessert whenever I am out at a restaurant. That is, if they don’t have a donut option, of course! This

Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies at Levain Bakery

Last weekend, I was determined to make my way to Brooklyn to see the cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It is one of my favorite spring activities! While it was raining a bit,

Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

“pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man…bake me a cake as fast as you can…” Last week, we were invited to a friends home for Friday night dinner. I wanted to bring dessert but didn’t want anything too

A Valentine’s Day Movie Date

Valentine’s Days is tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited! Chocolate, candy, and presents, what could be bad? As I mentioned in a previous post, E and I will be cooking dinner together and chilling

A Day Trip to Brussels

This past summer I FINALLY convinced E to “Take Me To London,” and the way I did that was to entice him with a day trip to Brussels. He had been DYING to go to

A Mast Brothers Chocolate Shop Grows In Brooklyn

Every couple days Gilt and Gilt City emails land in my Gmail box. Over the last couple months I hadn’t seen anything that excited me to the point of buying it. Then I saw that

Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread and a Lady Day in New Jersey

One of my close friends came in from NYC to visit me in New Jersey this weekend. She is a city girl through and through and doesn’t typically like hanging out in the suburbs but

My mother is an excellent baker. Her banana chocolate chip muffins are famous among my friends and family. Everyone fights for them. Especially the muffins that fall a little bit or are slightly under-cooked. I

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My "Compost Cookie"

This past summer for our wedding anniversary I surprised E with a “crack pie” baking class at Momofuku Milk Bar in Brooklyn. Outfitted in our colorful bandannas (see above) and while drinking some Brooklyn Lager, we learned all

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"Compost" Brownies

This weekend husband and I are going to New Hampshire with a big group of friends. I was debating what to bring for the group and then I remembered I had a box of Duncan

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