Daily life and travel with food and cupcakes as a common theme.
Posted in Cupcakes, Desserts, Food, Recipe, Uncategorized on May 15th, 2010
Glory, glory! I made a frosting that I actually like. Like, lick the whisk, don’t let any go to waste like. I’m not sure I’ve ever had this level of cupcake euphoria. The flavor profile for this cupcake is; frosting lavender honey cream cheese and the cake is lemon lavender.
I read Stefanie’s Cupcake Project post [...]
Who dat think they goin to beat dem Saints?
Typically I watch enough football to weather pop football quizzes from my Dad. I love a good sports story and when they do those behind the scenes rags to riches over coming diversity stories, I well up with the best of them. But lets be serious, I [...]
The past few batches of cupcakes in the “citrus series” from the Martha Stewart Cupcake book I had quite a few lid busters. Meaning most of them baked over the top of the rim of the cupcake pan. I still haven’t determined the root cause. Theories I’m working on include over filling the cups or [...]
Posted in Arizona, Cupcakes, Desserts, Eat Local, Food, Recipe on Jan 16th, 2010
It’s like a little lemon pie on top of a cupcake. This cupcake recipe was the epitome of great parts coming together to make an amazing whole. This recipe was inspired by Martha Stewart’s Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. The difference is I chose to make classic meringue for the topping instead of her 7-minute frosting.
The lemon [...]
I tried making Limocello this summer and I’m afraid to try it. I have a sneaking suspicion that I somehow turned it into moonshine.
I was watching this show on the History Channel, Hillbilly, have you seen it? It’s almost as good as my other favorite History Channel show, Hippies. There is this legendary moonshiner and [...]
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, Recipe, Reuse, birthday on May 17th, 2009
A few weeks ago I made it downtown to see a screening of a documentary called Handmade Nation, a complimentary film to the book by the same name from Fayth Levine. For me the film made me think about the difference between crafters, makers and artists.
I’ve said before that I know I’m not an artist, [...]
Posted in Cupcakes, Desserts, Home Style Cooking, Recipe on May 9th, 2009
Sprouts is a regional farmer’s market style grocery store and I do a majority of my grocery shopping between Arizona home based grocery chain Basha’s and Sprouts. Sprouts stores have these candy displays where gummy worms, sugared candies, Boston Baked beans are all in bulk tubs next to organic wheat flower and pumpkin granola.
You can’t [...]
I hung one of those marker board calendars in the kitchen. I troll so many cooking blogs that something that catches my eye on Monday rarely ever makes it to my table by the time I have time to go shopping and and have time to study and make a new recipe.
My idea is that [...]
Posted in Arizona, Cupcakes, Desserts, Eat Local, Recipe on Feb 15th, 2009
As I walked into a grocery store last week there was a HUGE display of plump yellow lemons with a sign that read: ORGANIC ARIZONA LEMONS 5 FOR $5. I was outraged! This time of year in Arizona, citrus is bountiful. Every other grocery store signs read: Arizona Oranges 20 for $5 or Bag of [...]
Posted in Eat Local, Life, Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009
An infomercial tactic is to use the IMPENDING DOOM close. That’s the one where time is running out, there is a limited supply, ACT NOW! Of all the sales techniques, that’s the one that gets me every time. I really do get a bit anxious when I think that there may not be something left. [...]
Keesha oversees recruiting and training programs for GoDaddy.com. She is responsible for building programs that attract and retain amazing employees.
Keesha loves food and photography and is passionate about community volunteering. She sat on the board of directors for the Junior League of Phoenix and is on the Children's Museum of Phoenix committee. She attended Blinn College and Texas A&M University. Her most private cupcake confession? She doesn't like frosting!