Faith and Begorah!

A Leprechaun named Seamus, left this lov-er-ly Green Shamrock Waffle on my plate!

 

I've found a four leaf clover at breakfast.

Faith and Begorah,

What a lucky lass am I!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Cricut Cake Frosting Cutter

This is a precision cake frosting cutter.

Ridiculous Right?

I don't know if this is food porn, or tech porn or what.

Now if only I can learn to do this with it...

Or This...

 

Or This...

 

 

Or This...

Or This...

 

 

A Cupcake ATM is coming to Beverly Hills

I don't forward stories too often, but this is just insane... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29/sprinkles-ice-cream_n_1311300.html?ref=food&ir=Food

A Cupcake ATM?!

It's so beautiful and so evil all at the same time.

A Mosaic Review of Bento

1. bento, 2. bentoDay2, 3. FishtankBento, 4. RosesInTheGarden, 5. Flowerbox, 6. farmbox, 7. SpookyBatBento, 8. ClownsAreScary, 9. TheVeryHungryBento, 10. Thanksgiving Bento, 11. LoveBento, 12. TwinBento, 13. DinoBento, 14. BENTO 001, 15. BentoStars, 16. PacManBento, 17. bentoFlowers, 18. Bunnies, 19. SpringFlowers, 20. OwlFaceBentoPub, 21. SpongebobSingle, 22. SpongebobSquareLunch, 23. LoveBento, 24. BentoOtheIrish, 25. EagleBento, 26. LoveBugBento, 27. LoveBugBento, 28. TwoButterflies, 29. CatBento, 30. Butterfly Bento, 31. MonstoBox, 32. beegirlbento, 33. PrincessBoxes, 34. HeatWaveBento, 35. LastDayofDaycareRainbowStar, 36. Snail Bento

Today's Food As Art link

I like this.

http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/the-sandwich-artist

Philly in Vegas

We're visiting Mother of Food in Vegas for The Holidays. We are going to be driving a lot this holiday and we wanted to replace our weak battery before we headed to more remote parts, Since we are away from home and any socket wrenches, we decided to pay to have the battery professionally installed. We ended up at a Pep Boys. It was in an unfamiliar area and we were looking for a good sandwich place for lunch. After installing the new battery, the guys at Pep Boys pointed us in the direction of Geri's Olde Philidelphia.

What we found was a sparse no nonsense kind of place with pictures of Rocky on the wall and all kinds of authentic Philly treats. I split the chicken cheese steak pizza style with Mother of Food and Husband of Food got a steak and mushroom cheese steak. I was very happy with my pizza chicken steak sandwich, it was like chicken parm in the form of cheesesteak. We all shared sides of fries and onion rings, but after ordering, I noticed that we could have had corn nuggets, tater tots, or sweet potato fries. Mom cherrily ordered an egg cream in a wave of nostolgia.   The staff were all regular folks, happy to have egg cream drinking types in the joint.

Mom shared her egg cream with the uninitiated.

Later that night, we went out to try and see the Christmas lights at the Ethel M Chocolate factory, but the car didn't start. Turns out that the Guys at Pep Boys didn't tighten down the terminals. With a bit of work, Husband of food got the car started and had to take it back to Pep Boys to finish the job. They admitted to doing a sloppy job, not doing it right the first time. We would have been really mad, but they did recommend Geri's. So, my advice is do not go to Pep Boys for work on your car, but do take their recommendations on sandwich places.

Geri's Olde Philadelphia    

3430 East Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV

Tropicana Plaza

(702) 456-0864

Thank You

Today is the day before Thanksgiving.  In School, my children made Thanksgiving place mats with some things they are thankful for, and I am inspired. 

I am so grateful for my life right now.  Things are a little sketchy financially; freelance money is just not the same as full time money.  I can't buy a ton of presents for the Holidays, my clothes are shabby chic to put it nicely, and I haven't been able to afford to renew my membership at the gym, so with my love of food, I'm not exactly trimming down this holiday season.  I miss my dog.

The thing is, without regular hours I get to spend more time with the kids and that is a true treasure.  I can't afford many gifts, but maybe I could get a few, or make some.  I am thankful for friends who don't care what gifts they do or do not receive. I am thankful for I have clothes, luckily many from years of plenty, some do not.  I can't go to the gym, but I am able to cook delicious meals which I creatively put together in the fashion of Grandmother of Food when she had little, "If we had a dollar, we used a dollar."  I am thankful for her wisdom and her recipes.  I am thankful for my garden.  I am thankful for our water to drink.  I am thankful for those who are reading this post.  I am thankful for the years I had with my dog.  I am thankful for my Husband.  I am thankful for love, and toys, and candy.  I am thankful that my Daughter is thankful for her Sister and just like her Sister, my Daughter, I am thankful, very thankful, for my family.

Barn Cake!

Little friend of food, Naomi turned 4 this week!

I loved the Barn Cake that her Mom and Grandma made.

The Sheep cupcakes went early (young kids are attracted to marshmallows.)

I preferred the ducks.  The coconut feathers and moist cake made a cleveland bar type of flavor was fabulous to taste.

The bakers said they got the recipe and idea from Betty Crocker online, which I did find here.

My only suggestion if you want to try it, is to leave out some of the red food coloring in the barn frosting. Apparently, some red food color has iodine in it which causes a bitter taste, but gives the most vibrant and prettiest results.  There is a no taste food color available, but it may not be very bright red, kosher, or vegetarian.  Check with the ingredients for your needs.

Great job guys, beautiful cake!