What is a King Cake, you ask? I can best describe it as a celebratory confection that is similar to a coffee cake-cinnamon roll hybrid covered with sanding sugar in traditional Mardi Gras colors: green, purple, and yellow. There is much debate as to what, if anything, these delicious desserts should be filled with. The…
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Easy As π: Celebrating Pi(e) Day With Irish Pasties
Sweet, savory, irrational…it doesn’t matter what type of pi(e) you’re celebrating today! Started as a fun holiday by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA in 1988, people all over the world now gather annually on March 14th to celebrate the mathematical constant of pi (π). The holiday is often observed with pie feasts, pie-throwing contests,…
Frohe Weihnachten: Ringing In The Holidays With Traditional German Stollen!
While learning German in high school, I was gifted an old set of Dr. Oetker cookbooks from a caring neighbor who not only happened to be a native German speaker, but also the German Professor at the local university. Within the pages, there were numerous recipes similar to what I had grown up with when…
Making Halloween Magic In The Kitchen: Wicked Witch’s Poisoned Apple Blondies With Cinnamon Maple Glaze
While the apples in this recipe may not actually be poisoned, they do provide the perfect element of Fall flavor to represent the season. When it comes to choosing which apples to use, it comes down to personal preference. We chose to pick up some Pink Lady apples from our local farmer’s market, but Ambrosia,…
Sea Shanties and Seafood! We’re Making Crab Cakes For Talk Like A Pirate Day!
This weekend is one of my favorite holidays! No, not Halloween, but that’s coming up soon too! Tomorrow is Talk Like A Pirate Day! In addition to playing some of our current favorite pirate games such as Tiny Epic Pirates, Forgotten Waters, and Dead Man’s Doubloons, we are going to be cooking up some Maryland…
Join the Celebration: Feasting on Shrimp Gumbo for Mardi Gras!
Growing up, we had this recipe a lot – usually whenever we went to visit my grandmother (a.k.a. “MorMor”) in the D.C. area – and it is one of my favorites whenever I am a little homesick or, like now, when it is Carnival season! Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is next week so I’m…