I know you’ve seen it on other blogs, but how many of you are really satisfied to just watch everyone else make this cake? Probably about the same number of people at my housewarming party who believed me when I told them it was a white cake with white icing. If you know me, you [...]
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Red Velvet Cheesecake
February 22nd, 2011 
The Empress Of the many things my mother keeps in her arsenal, her stockpile of cookbooks is by far the most impressive I have ever seen (In the hostile communities of Northern Virginia, we are united against a common enemy: the impromptu potluck. This is to say nothing of our daily battle known as dinner wherein no [...]
Soupsational
January 31st, 2011 The Empress Couldn’t help myself. I know that title is totally cringe-inducing. Oh well. You know I love me some soup – and these nights are begging to be warmed up. It only seems natural to share some of my lessons learned. I haven’t met a soul who doesn’t enjoy a good baked potato soup. Sour cream, [...]
New Year’s Eve
January 29th, 2011 The Empress I know we’re almost into February by now, but I thought it was probably time to share my awesome New Year’s Eve story. I think we can safely summarize the night with one word: Food. I am legitimately afraid I will forget everything we ate that night. This would probably be for the best because [...]
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Tags: burritos galore, chorizo, new year's eve, paella, sushi 
Comments OffComing this Month: January 2011
January 3rd, 2011 The Empress I’m excited for a brand new year of blogging! I can’t wait to show off some of the things I’ve been cooking up. Here are some of the posts you can look forward to this month: Food – Delightful Christmas treats (that may result in a sugar coma) – Soups, soups, and more soups (does that word look [...]
Posted in decorating, food, gardening, parties, recipes Tags: January 2011, Look forward to these posts Comments OffCake Disorder
October 15th, 2010 The Empress There’s nothing I love more than being alone in my kitchen. Admittedly, I’m neurotic when it comes to my cooking spaces. I can’t stand a cluttered, messy kitchen and will be incredibly unpleasant to be around if the kitchen is untidy and I have to cook. This is all much worse if there are a [...]
THIS. Pie.
September 15th, 2010 The Empress I first heard about Crack Pie through my friend Kim, who decided she’s going to make a new pie each week this year. This was number 22 on her list and it really didn’t catch my attention when I first read about it. Actually, I saw a recipe on a different blog (that I can [...]
Posted in food, recipes Tags: baking, MAKE THIS PIE NOW, momofuku crack pie, sweet treats 2 Comments »Bagels
April 9th, 2010 The Empress If you’ve never made bagels, I highly suggest you try it. It’s really a lot of fun. I used the recipe here and added a sizeable amount of asiago cheese to produce some incredibly delicious asiago cheese bagels, panera style. Here are the glamour shots from my first bagel adventure. My favorite part was dropping [...]
Cake Wrecks Gone Right
April 7th, 2010 The Empress Every year in my house we have an Easter Tradition. That is the bunny cake. You bake a two layer cake, but instead of stacking the layers, you cut one layer and arrange the pieces like so: You get your easter bunny with a bow tie. Cute. This year, I decided we needed a new [...]
Chicken Pot Pie
September 10th, 2009 The Empress I love fall. With fall weather comes the opportunity to produce delicious soul-warming meals. One example of this is the Chicken Pot Pie I made for my family this week. Easy Chicken Pot Pie 1 package refrigerated pie crusts (such as Pillsbury) at room temperature 2 lbs. Russet potatoes, unpeeled and cut into 1-inch chunks [...]
