Start with this recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod. If you have chocolate chips and brown bananas, then you probably have all the ingredients for this banana bread. Follow all their instructions, especially the room temperature eggs, cooled melted butter, and kosher salt. I used light brown sugar because it’s what I had. Dark […]
Category: Dessert
Bourbon Dreamsicle
I wanted bourbon. I also wanted an orange creamsicle. And thus the Bourbon Dreamsicle was born. Juice half an orange. Pour in some bourbon. (This was Four Roses.) Add half a can of Virgil’s Diet Cream Soda. Or whatever cream soda you have on hand. Go get some Virgil’s for real tho. Add some ice. […]
Forgotten French Toast
Dear Readers,Anjali finally wrote this recipe for her dreamy french toast. Enjoy.RSW I made French toast, and started writing this recipe about 14 years ago, back at the start of quarantine. And, back when the dark humor mixed with New Jersey sarcasm didn’t seem all that mean. Alas, it took me until today to finish […]
DoubleTree Cookies
PSA DoubleTree by Hilton published their coveted chocolate chip cookie recipe. I repeat: DoubleTree published their chocolate chip cookie recipe. If you didn’t know this, then you haven’t been paying attention to the right corners of the internet. Devoted followers, I took one for the team. It was my responsibility to all of you to […]
The Fire Episode
I noted in a previous post that my Saturday started with fluffy, delicious buttermilk pancakes and ended in fire. It’s time to explain. See, on Friday night Anjali and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. With classic Wingo “nothing-to-see-here” nonchalance, I picked up several large branches and carried them back home. There’s no […]
Apple Cinnamon Scones
Well, given the enormous backlash against my intentionally divisive social media posts about apples, I thought I would demonstrate that the apple is indeed a more useful fruit than just a peanut butter delivery device and the shining star of pies. Here’s the twitter version (the facebook version got very ugly, very quickly): Apples are […]