Dessert First
Earlier this month was my middle kid’s seventh birthday, which [...]
Detroit-Style Pizza Got Its Shape From Another Famous Detroit Industry (Cool Weird Awesome 713)
For National Pizza Day, here's the story of one of the hottest types of pizza in the country: Detroit-style, first made in a special pan that wasn't meant to be a pan at all.
Six years old today!
This guy is six!
Brooklyn Still Loves The Blackout Cake (Cool Weird Awesome 340)
Pastries come and go, but in Brooklyn, people still talk about the blackout cake from Ebinger's, a cake so beloved that when the bakery closed, people bought up cakes, kept them in their freezers and ate them only on special occasions. Plus: it's the birthday of Erno Rubik, so maybe someday visit the Rubik's Cube-themed hotel room in Houston, Texas.
Cakes, Cookies and Doughnuts: This Week’s YouTube Videos To Watch With Your Kids
This week's videos are (very) loosely themed around desserts - fitting that we're all coming down from the Halloween sugar rush.
Half Birthday Cake
This week I told my eight year old it was his half birthday. He immediately said, “I want a half cake... we could put half a smiley face on it.”
Four years old!
Today this wonderful fellow is four. He’s so full of joy every day that Marie Kondo calls him for pro tips. Happy birthday to you, big guy!
Robot Cake
I’m not Martha Stewart class when it comes to cakes - I may not even be Iron Sheik class yet. But the robot cake was a big hit with the first graders at today’s birthday party so I’ve got that going for me.
Lay Hands on Me, Cake, and Make Me a Genius
It boils down to this: love cake and you may be a genius. At least that's how it appears to the awards committee at the MacArthur Foundation.