This past week end my mom and I set out to prove something to the world: baby showers do not have to suck. Now, my baby shower was attended by members of Sweet Cobra and one of my gifts was a breast pump wrapped in a Budweiser box,  but that’s not really the kind of gal [...]

The Finest Faux Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy You may have noticed I don’t do many reviews. This is mainly because the things people email me about are crap. Nope, I don’t want to review your gluten-free cookie mix. Nope, I don’t want to review your baking with kids cook book. Nope, I won’t [...]

world’s easiest pasta salad Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Every winter in Chicago I wonder why I didn’t spend my summer days lounging in the sun and hanging out by the lake. Every summer I wonder why I wasn’t diving head-first into snow piles and enjoying hot chocolate while it was still appetizing. Yesterday [...]

vegan chocolate chip brownie waffles Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! This recipe comes from Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero’s Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook. I was so excited to get this big, beautiful book in the mail the other day. First of all, these two are the most reliable vegan recipe writers [...]

vegan potato pizza Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! When I worked at Letizia’s Natural Bakery I was vegan. Tragic, I know, but Letizia always made sure to have homemade vegan soups for me, and sometimes she made this amazing potato rosemary pizza rustica. Tony and I saw Toni Fiore make this pizza on Delicious [...]

Pizza Margherita Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Tony and I have taken to watching Delicious TV lately. I love Toni Fiore, she’s like a vegetarian Carmella Soprano. We watched the pizza special the other day and couldn’t wait until the week end to make pizza margherita. Our Aerogarden supplied us with fresh basil and [...]

Beating you with beaters. Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! I was unable to get a proper picture of Amy Sedaris’ recipe in action because it was so delicious my family ate one whole cheese ball in about 10 minutes. I made two cheese balls from this recipe, if you made one it would be [...]

Rotelli with walnut sauce. Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! My mom bought me Giada De Laurentiis’ Everyday Pasta for my birthday last year. We always joke about Giada’s boobs being in her food but the truth is, she’s one of the only Food Network personalities I like. (I also love Paula Deen. I hate [...]

I heart Mondays. Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! “What’s this crap, Cook & Destroy?” you ask? Well, sorta. Except this recipe is for baked spaghetti, or spaghetti cake. Therefore, it’s still baking. In your face! I’m so busy these days that I don’t get to bake it up shake it up like I used [...]