Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Unable to be a ringer on your Convivial Pursuit team, I and a few others are heading over to Mike's house Saturday to act as guinnea pigs for a test run of the questions.
Kimberly Henricks -- Slow Food Member, blogger, and I think friend of Cupcake Grand Champion Stef has ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
A Veruca cheat sheet:
Tropicala cupcakes; if you don't buy one, I'm done with you.
Currant scones for breakfast rock!
…but financiers and mini cupcakes do not make a balanced breakfast.
When Mathew Rice told me a couple weeks ago that Veruca would be opening last Wednesday, I was disappointed I wouldn't be able ...
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Saturday, Ellie and I found ourselves craving some of the addicting cinnamon rolls from 222 Artisan Bakery . 222 also happens to be Goshen Coffee Company, and needing coffee beans, I set out for Edwardsville to score the goods.
As I neared the river, it was not meant to be. ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
According to a recent article from Pepperdine University's Graphic, we can all thank Sex and the City for this cupcake insanity.
It really is insanity too with cupcake-only bakeries popping up all over the country. Boston clearly takes the (cup)-cake with Kickass Cupcakes!
Commenter Kimberly points us to her friend's ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
When I commented on cupcakes the other day, I noticed Jilly's actually serves lunch. So for the five of you that actually read this, (hey Mike , Ian , Mom, Dad, Dan) I took one for the team today. I sucked it up and I took ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
I'm a slave to coffee, so when we went to New York last year, proving my obsession, I mapped out about 15 shops that I considered musts of a successful vacation. Any place we'd go, I'd turn to my trusty maps to see what shop was near. ...
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