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Magically Delicious Queer Rainbow Faerie Cakes
March 18, 2010 – 3:27 am | Tia | No Comment

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Despite my fundamental opposition to food in unnaturally vibrant colours and/or designed to appeal to children, I felt compelled to make something festive for St. Patty’s Day desert. St. Patrick  (Patron Saint of Food Colouring) would have been proud of me. I whipped up a batch of cupcakes that looked like they escaped a gay club on a rave night, topped them with a dab of whipped cream and a sprinkling of marshmallows from a box of Lucky Charms.

Nothing says “Erin go bragh!” like Lucky Charms, people. My Irish ancestors would be SO proud.

The children intimated that the rainbow cakes (which I first heard of last year when my friend Adina made her twins a whole cake in this manner) were the most majestic and awesome thing they’d ever laid eyes on. While they were no culinary masterpiece, they were tasty and very funkadelic.

Having a love in? Trying to convey to your co-workers that your days in the closet are over? On cupcake duty for a birthday at school? Here’s a demo on how to make them yourself:

How To Make Rainbow Cupcakes

CAVEAT EMPTOR: Post cupcake poops may be *brighter and more vivid* then usual.

Macaroni “Art” is in the Eye of the Beholder
March 16, 2010 – 12:49 am | Tia | 2 Comments
Macaroni “Art” is in the Eye of the Beholder

I nearly died this morning.
32 years of life flashed before my eyes in a fleeting second.
I was half asleep and hadn’t yet managed to scrape up a cup of coffee. My contact lenses weren’t in, …

Hair Brained Ideas
March 5, 2010 – 1:18 am | Tia | 6 Comments
Hair Brained Ideas

Every so often, I meander through the plethora of kooky parenting message boards that seem to dominate  the interwebz. My reasons for poking around in places I don’t really belong are usually nefarious, and mainly …

Last Night’s Dinner: Stuffed Peppers
February 24, 2010 – 10:40 am | Jillian | One Comment
Last Night’s Dinner: Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers mean nothing to me. I have no attachment to them whatsoever. We never had them in my house growing up. I made them last night simply because we had the ingredients in the …

Dinner Do-Over, a Redemption Song
February 18, 2010 – 3:05 pm | Jillian | 2 Comments
Dinner Do-Over, a Redemption Song

Every single element was perfect. But was the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Last night at 7:17, with the assistance of a glass of Soave, I constructed a peerless tower of power: …

Dinner Fail: Don’t Panic/Randon Resturant Review
February 17, 2010 – 3:54 pm | Jillian | One Comment
Dinner Fail: Don’t Panic/Randon Resturant Review

I cocked up dinner once again last night. I swear it wasn’t my fault. I had planned to bake bread and do poached eggs with asparagus and Camembert (awesome, right?) but there was a mishap. The dough …

Riding the Short Bus Into Hell
February 11, 2010 – 3:03 am | Tia | 2 Comments
Riding the Short Bus Into Hell

When I was a child, I was a judgemental and snotty little punk.
At some point in time, I had incubated and hatched  the notion that kids with glasses were either:
a)mentally handicapped
b) unloved, unwanted, socially inept …

Eating Light Tonight
February 10, 2010 – 6:21 pm | Jillian | No Comment
Eating Light Tonight

We found beautiful fruit, vegetables and eggs at the mercado earlier today. In order to compensate for overindulging at our favorite neighborhood taqueria last night and a pizza feast of epic proportions planned for tomorrow, …

Last Night’s Dinner: Penne with Sausage and Broccoli
February 9, 2010 – 4:53 pm | Jillian | 2 Comments
Last Night’s Dinner: Penne with Sausage and Broccoli

If you’re looking for something super simple, tasty and slightly lowbrow to make for dinner tonight, have I got the recipe for you.  Populism!  This is how I did it last night:
Ingredients

broccoli
italian sausage
penne pasta
olive oil
garlic
dry …

Sunday Supper: The Accidental Chicken
February 8, 2010 – 3:47 pm | Jillian | No Comment
Sunday Supper: The Accidental Chicken

Last night I cooked a chicken upside down. No, not to serve some satanic cult of poultry, merely because I am scatterbrained. Fortunately, it turns out that I am incapable of ruining a roast chicken and we …

Last Night’s Dinner: Know Why?
February 4, 2010 – 3:00 pm | Jillian | 3 Comments
Last Night’s Dinner: Know Why?

‘Cause it was friggin’ delicious. Also, chicken thighs! Here they’re called muslo de pollo and I’ve had  a package of these mofos in the freezer since before Christmas. I’ll admit, I was intimidated. Although of late I’ve become …

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