So I unintentionally took a break from blogging this month. Didn’t really mean to do it, but it was a short and busy month, and it just kind of slipped right by. I’m also working on a Top Secret recipe testing project, so most of what I baked this month I can’t even blog about!......
It may look like August was pretty slow here on Planet Byn from the lack of posts (I’m totally going to backfill those later…I’m sneaky like that), but there was a lot of foodie deliciousness going on offline. Here’s a peek: I visited my friends the Radonsos in Winona (home of the Peach Festival), and......
One last popsicle to close out the summer y’all! And I think this might be my favourite one! They especially come in handy when you need to make a vegan treat for your co-worker’s birthday. Yep, I actually brought my popsicle molds to work, and froze these up in the office. We had a popsicle......
I mean this in the best way possible: I am so sick of searching for this recipe on Jan’s blog! Every time I’ve made it this summer, I’ve looked it up on Family Bites and then thought to myself that I need to post it here. So finally, finally, here it is. When I make......
I thought the Slutty Brownie craze of 2012 ended with the birth of Jessica Simpson‘s little daughter, but lo and behold, she got pregnant again, and Gaby posted this pretty amazing Slutty Brownie Ice Cream cake back in the Spring. I was out on the cake idea (too hard to cut, won’t fit in my......
Last Spring, shortly after her brother’s Front-End Loader Birthday Cake, I asked my niece what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, and got a request for a Princess Cake. My first vision was of one of those creepy cakes with the Barbie stuck in the middle (just do a google image search for Barbie......
My friend Nicole came over for a belated birthday dinner a few weeks ago, and I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to further develop my ice cream skillz. I’m still learning about how it all works, and it looks like eggs are the wild card. All the recipes I’ve seen in the past......
Last Summer when Danielle was visiting, we caught an episode of Bake with Anna Olson, where Anna proceeded to blow our pie-making minds. Every belief we had about pastry making was challenged. After hearing for my entire pie-making-life that everything has to be freezing cold, especially the butter, Anna said it was okay if......
A Caribana Mission! Jump up! But…not so fast. I had some doubts about my ability to make legit jerk chicken, patties or doubles at home…here’s what I had to say: While my fellow Gastroposters made delicious Caribbean meals this week, I decided to play to my strengths and bake something instead. But what? My......
I’ve been inspired by my friend Carole to do a round-up of the various food-related goings-on in my life for July, aside from what you see here in my blog posts. See, I actually had a social life in July after a huge project at work launched at the beginning of the month, so that’s very exciting.......