Here. Have a photo of cupcakes: Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World with (non-vegan) Cream Cheese-Cinnamon icing.  And lots of sprinkles.  Yes, that was a mouthful. —- If you’re reading this from my Facebook notes, please go to the original blog post (located here) to comment.

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Last week, Libertarian Boyfriend and I went to Duffield’s, AKA: one of my favorite places to go once the fall hits. We dropped about $50 on various foodstuff, including a 12″+ head of cauliflower, zucchini, leeks, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, rye bread, bacon, corned beef, horseradish mustard, apricot preserves, pumpkin pizzelles, and apple cider doughnuts. Oh [...]

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Enjoy! Let’s start with the depressing: Afghanistan General Stanley McCrystal sees no indication of an al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan.  So, could we maybe, GTFO or is killing brown people too much fun? Sheldon Richman of the Foundation for Economic Education discusses some of the problems with raising tariffs on cheap Chinese tires.  I liked this [...]

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Mmmm! You scream, I scream, we all scream for Jewish Shiksa Apple Cake! Because apples at the Vietnamese/Chinese grocery store are dirt cheap, making Shiksa Apple Cake readily available at a moment’s notice! —- If you’re reading this from my Facebook notes, please go to the original blog post (located here) to comment.

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After oral surgery yesterday (which went swimmingly. Thank you, nitrous!), I’m finally getting back into the swing of things today. Like always, enjoy! In response to the “no one should have to go broke because they get sick” Facebook meme, a bunch of conservatives and libertarians started with a “no one should have to go [...]

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Enjoy! To kick things off, go visit Lauren at Oh Dear Lauren.com, a collection of open letters she’s written to various individuals, entities, random objects, and body parts. Arkansas Fire Chief Don Payne launches into a long overdue tirade about police abuse of power while fighting multiple traffic tickets in court.  The police response?  Shooting [...]

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This is one of the many reasons Libertarian Boyfriend and I work: Pork tenderloin medallions with apple cider sauce on a bed of pickled red cabbage accompanied by latkes topped with homemade applesauce and sour cream. —- If you’re reading this from my Facebook notes, please go to the original blog post (located here) to [...]

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This, kids, is exactly why garbage like Kraft Ready-to-Eat Cheesecake Filling will never make actual cheesecake.  Real cheesecake is your reward for walking slightly over 2 miles to locate 2 more bricks of cream cheese of 11:30 at night because you realized that you had planned to use the wrong recipe. This, my friends, is [...]

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I totally stole this photo from Smorgasbite.com So… I figured out a pretty decent approximation of Trader Joe’s Spicy Fat-free Black Bean Dip. Step 1: Puree the living crap out of the following: 15.5 oz black beans (drained & rinsed) 1/4 c water 2 T tomato paste 1/4 t onion powder 1 T apple cider [...]

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This is also why the new insult in our home is “Suck my huevos!” Please note the locally made, blue corn tortillas we picked up from the Mexican butcher down the street for $1.  Yum!

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