Today, is the 21st anniversary of the day I married my husband.  We met when we were just starting college.  We dated for a long time(6 years), and then finally were married in Galbreath Chapel on Ohio University campus in Athens, Ohio.  (Of course this makes us really old now if you are doing the math.)

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Today is the first day of summer and to celebrate, I thought I’d tell you about Dairy Queen’s new blizzard.  It’s too early to get the new Blizzard because it won’t be out until July 1st.  Dairy Queen’s July Blizzard of the Month is…

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I find myself cutting out cardboard recipes from the sides of boxes, and they just seem to collect in little piles and never get made. I was sorting through one such pile and rediscovered Philadelphia’s black forest cheesecake and just had to try it.

And wow it was good!

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I am partial to vegan cooking. Not only is the intent of compassion one that I share, but quite honestly the food is really good! One category of vegan cuisine that I avoided was baking, until now. (more…)

Makes two 8-inch or 9-inch layers, or 24 cupcakes

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 5 large egg yolks

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