You know what? I won’t lie. I’ve walked past First Slice‘s original spot on 4401 N. Ravenswood Avenue at least 100 times and never stopped in. When I’m in the neighborhood I’m either headed one direction to get my bangs trimmed or the other to get a malted milk cupcake at Angel Food Bakery. Me, [...]

I don’t normally do posts like this, but I had such an inspiring and amazing week end I kind of have to. Plus, my friends at TLC Cake Crew just shipped me a brand-new Flip so I’m working on a video blog this week end – which means no new recipes until next week. (Trust [...]

Earlier this month I was honored to be invited to judge the inaugural Baking Magic for Kids Bake Off! It takes place on June 13th at Verona Wisconsin’s Hometown Days. First of all, it has been a life-long dream of mine to judge a cake contest at a country fair-type joint. I mean, that is [...]

Toward the end of 2009 planet Earth lost one of the coolest people to ever walk upon it — my friend, Mat Arluck. In the short time I was lucky enough to know him, Mat made me laugh, gave me great advice about black metal, played with Teno, made me feel awesome about my chocolate [...]

You guys may remember that a few posts ago I mentioned that my beloved Melisser and her crew of baking bandits were well on their way to opening San Francisco’s first vegan bakery, Sugar Beat Sweets . Well D-Day is coming, and the “d” stands for “delicious.” Meanwhile, Sugar Beat Sweets has teamed up with [...]

This post isn’t baking- or destroying-related, but I think it’s still a fit because without my job at ReusableBags.com I would NOT be able to bake or destroy at my leisure. I need your help. I need you to help ReusableBags.com win Green Business of the year. Our efforts have made a tremendous impact: as [...]

I know it may come as a shock to some of you that a jerk like me actually cares about the environment, but I do. Think of it this way – caring about the planet is just another way to be disgusted with other people, which is one of my favorite things to do. I [...]

“If you fancy yourself a baker,” teases the blog post over at Blue Sky Inn, daring you to enter their fundraiser/pie contest. The closest I ever came to making a pie was the 30 bazillion crostata I used to blast out like some kind of crostata-making machine at Letizia’s Natural Bakery. But the truth is, [...]

This is HUGE! Please vote, spread the word!!! heidiminx has been working very hard to develop Built on Respect, a non-profit started in true DIY style that helps support young people who are working towards positive social change! They are one of three finalists in the MySpace Impact Awards; this is a great opportunity! If [...]

When my grandpa was a kid he tore all the elephants out of his circus coloring book because he was already such a staunch Democrat. When his dad had to go to the Republican Building to pick up his paycheck, my grandpa refused to go inside with him. These may or may not be lies. [...]