From the category archives:

Desserts

The Chocolate Adventure Contest

by Matt on September 29, 2009

I don’t know about you but I’m still coming down from the high of last week’s festivities at BlogHer 09. The event in San Francisco exceeded everyone’s expectations and it was so humbling to be in the presence of so much talent. I spoke on two panels about photography with two of my favorite authors [...]

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Olive Oil Cake & My Lack Of Baking Charm

by Matt on September 17, 2009

I find it difficult to believe that it’s been exactly one year to the day that I appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. I made my version of alfajores with her, a recipe I make well and still get asked about regularly. In the past twelve months I’ve done some pretty groovy stuff and even [...]

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Even though I take all those silly self portraits of me doing absolutely nothing and blog about trips to pretty places I am not much of the relaxing type of guy. I’m actually quite the opposite and find myself nervous or antsy when I’m sitting still. The thought of midday naps freak me out and [...]

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Alfajores Recipe

by Matt on January 1, 2009

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Capirotada

by Matt on December 3, 2008

Growing up there were just some things that this little pudgy boy would not eat. High on the short list of food items, along with sour cream and avocados, was this recipe called Capirotada. No matter how hard they tried I just wouldn’t move past the strange blend of ingredients that went into this Mexican [...]

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Alfajores and thanks

by Matt on September 17, 2008

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Nervous? Party of One?

by Matt on September 12, 2008

I probably don’t have to tell you how much I love Martha Stewart, right? So I probably won’t have to tell you how thrilled I am to be a guest on The Martha Stewart Show’s 4th brand-spankin’-new season next Wednesday, September 17th. Folks, Martha’s done all us blogging types proud by featuring an entire show [...]

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Best. Dinner. Party. Ever.

by Matt on August 25, 2008

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Grenadine Revisited

by Matt on December 7, 2007

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