I wasn’t going to pester you guys with any more Cupcake Wars posts – at least not until Food Network called me to say they loved the show and want to bring it back as Natalie Slater’s Cupcake Wars Starring Natalie Slater. But as I was live-Tweeting the show last night [...]

Psssss! If you’re a Bake and Destroy Facebook fan you have access to my “holy shit, that really tastes like eggnog” Eggnog Cupcake recipe! And don’t miss my moving sale – shirts starting at $15, hoodies starting at $30.

And now we interrupt this regularly-scheduled baking blog to bring you this video from Joliet (my home town, yo!) rappers p.ruffins , t-watts, and big rock: As much as I enjoyed this tour of da ET, I have to call bullshit on a Joliet music video without any shots of: Homecut Donuts, Hey Hot Dog, [...]

What’s up, sluts? I just wanted to say hi and apologize for being neglectful. I could give you excuses about going to the ER with a gnarly throat infection (but I already exhausted that one explaining my lack of a Slash & Dine column for this month over at Brutal As Hell) or how busy [...]

Here’s wishing a happy Mother’s Day to all the hard-working mamas out there! A special shout out to my mom, Lynne, who raised me to be the smart-mouthed sassbox you all know and love. You taught me to do what I love, to share myself freely,to try new things without fear of failure and most [...]

I have done a lot of difficult things in my day – stayed vegan for 5 years despite working in a delicious Italian bakery, gained and lost 70 lbs in an 18-month period, sat through Dracula 2000 without stabbing my own eyes out – but I don’t think I had as tough of a time [...]

Sk8 and Bake and Destroy Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy As you may already be aware, I am one of Chicago’s leading apron critics (not to mention models.) I make or break apron designers faster than you can say ric rac. This is why I’m sure you’ll all be extremely excited to hear I’m [...]

Mmmmmwaaaaaaa ha ha ha! Another year of domination on this lowly planet has passed! I shall celebrate with giant bowls of pudding pie, a small parade around the office in my honor and a guest blog at Cupcakes Take the Cake. There I shall spout the items and happenings I require for proper birthday party [...]

Hey. Sorry for being such a neglectful blogger. Tony’s company spent the past two weeks straight moving into a bigger warehouse, Teno decided to stop sleeping and now we’re moving. My baking stuff has been packed for so long I don’t even know where it is anymore. My new kitchen is really cute, though and [...]

Unbeknownst to me, City, the straight edge Kiwi cupcake queen, nominated me for an “E for Excellent” award in her blog recently. For some reason, Google alerts neglected to make me aware of this until today when Tara mentioned her own nomination on her blog. Looking over all the nominee’s postings I’m developing a theory [...]