Recipe geekout: Sweet potato and chipotle soup

Written on November 21st, 2011 by Katie. Filed under Holiday Cooking, Recipe Geekout

Is it winter where you are, yet?  In Texas we keep getting little teases of Fall coolness, but temperatures today were in the high 80s leaving frosty mornings just a daydream.  (I've got cute gloves to wear, darnit!!) In hopes of beckoning a nice cool day, I'm making this gorgeous sweet potato and chipotle soup from the Healthy Delicious blog. It's fast ...

Let’s call this cake The Fader

Written on October 23rd, 2011 by happykatie. Filed under Links + Online Coolness, Recipe Geekout

Gradient Cake from Gabriel Rodriguez on Vimeo. In my web marketing day job, I appreciate the mild panache a subtle gradient can add to a design projects.  They give things a little more depth and interest without a lot of flash. The same could be said for this fab gradient cake, so artfully demo-ed by the lovely baker  Ashley Rodriguez (of Not Without Salt).  It's ...

Recipe geekout: Vegan Twinkies from Zombieland

Written on July 28th, 2011 by Katie. Filed under Junk Food, Recipe Geekout

A fan of all thing zombie, I was tickled to pick up a new Zombieland fact. Instead of munching on real Hostess Twinkies (as his character was addicted and endlessly searching for), Woody Harrelson was enjoying truckloads of veganized Twinkies instead. If you want to sample the actual recipe used, check out Jennifer's Shmooed Food vegan Twinkie recipe to get your snackie ...

Fit for space: NASA food for the STS-135 crew

Written on July 22nd, 2011 by Katie. Filed under Recipe Geekout, Travel

Look at that meal above.  Jealous much?  Is your mouth salivating at the very thought of its thermostabilized goodness? This NASA blog post on feeding the STS-135 crew is pretty awesome.  I'm bummed to just now be reading it as NASA was encouraging folks on Earth to cook and eat along with their July 14th 'All-American Meal' time. You can click here to ...

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