About twice a year, we take our cat Amos to the vet to get groomed. It’s one of those things I never thought I’d pay someone else to do (see also: car detailing), but I’d never go back to doing myself. Amos hated being brushed. Hated it with a fire-y passion that consumed his soul. [...]
Forgive the lousy picture, but I simply had to share my thoughts on this lovely pear apple cake. I’ve made it a couple times and it’s simply divine. The pears are sliced and fanned out across the top of the cake (technically in the bottom of the pan, before it bakes) and the apples comprise [...]
Does it strike anyone else as strange that Haiti isn’t really in the news lately? A massive natural disaster strikes the area, killing hundreds of thousands of people, leaving countless numbers homeless and in desperate need of assistance. And it captures our attention for, what, a week? Two weeks, tops? And now it seems as [...]