Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your new year is off to a magnificent start! I ended last year on a pretty high note… I came up with a whole new line of macaron flavors that I want to share with you: Boozy Macs! I feel like sometimes good ideas take a long time of thinking and planning, but I came up with this line of desserts in about 7 minutes. I know what I like and I know what I’m capable of, so I set to work thinking about my favorite cocktails (some have been featured

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! I got to enjoy my time with family and friends in New Orleans this year. Each Christmas when I return home, I look forward to decorating pseudo-gingerbread houses and sugar cookies with my family, along with creating some other type of dessert for us all to enjoy after Christmas dinner. This year, my family and I decided that I would make a white chocolate and peppermint cake, simi

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know some of the people who live in my apartment building. I know that sounds weird since I’ve lived here for a year and a half, but with COVID being a jerk that we’re all trying to avoid, my neighbors and I haven’t gotten to be very neighborly. But now that we’re all vaxxed and established in our safe routines and cautious social bubbles, branching out to socialize with the people bre

I have a quirky habit that most people don’t even notice, but when they do notice me doing it, they kinda look at me like I’m a weirdo. I'm sure it does seem weird, but this habit saved my recipe from certain destruction this weekend! I smell my food. And my drinks. And just about all of my baking ingredients before I use them (barring flour, sugar, and salt because, well… I’m just not THAT weird). I really love the way modern alimentation smells, and I use scent as a way of