Fighting the Furnace

Whew. I have been going through boxes of Magnums like whoa! (Get your mind out of the gutter! Not those Magnums - I'm talking delicious Italian ice cream bars, y'all.)

Cupcakes of Terror?

NYMag: MI6 Hackers Replace Bomb Recipe With Cupcake Recipe in Al Qaeda Magazine

Take that, evildoers! Buttercream-bombs away!!!

...Man, there are so many directions to go with this one. A few:

• Well, guess I'm not the only one who thinks cupcakes are da bomb! (Ha ha ha.)

•  Isn't it awesome that cupcakes are an actual, effective anti-terror tool?!

• I always knew cake was the way to achieve world peace.

• I'm pretty sure that we don't have to worry about any terrorist who would go ahead and follow the "bomb" recipe after taking a gander at the ingredients.

• So, is my 2am baking habit going to be considered "suspicious activity" now?

Just starting a batch of cupcakes. Yes, at 2am. But don't worry, it's not as bad as it sounds - they're for a friend's birthday...

Mmm...buttery, hand-beaten birthday batter. I know you wish you were my friend right now.

Hmm... so I didn't even end up having a pre-rapture dessert after my pre-rapture dinner on Friday. Shame on me! I could have died without a last embrace of chocolate on my lips. I did have a nice sushi dinner with my main squeeze, at least.

What a morbid subject, but it really is fascinating to try and decide what my last meal would be. I think I'd die before I could decide. I'm terribly indecisive. This may sound really jaded, but I don't even know if I've yet eaten anything "worthy" of being my last meal. I'm not hesitant or scared of dying, I don't feel my life has been boring or that I haven't experienced enough. However, when it comes down to the idea of having to eat only one more meal I start to feel my life hasn't truly begun. Weird, huh? I suppose it's all in the details. If we look at any dish too closely then it seems it could use another dash of salt or pepper, right?

Today, post-rapture, I've been a busy culinary beaver. I cooked up some pasta topped with chicken sausages and a plum tomato sauce for dinner. Then, I steamed some chorizo tamales for mañana. Been on a real Mexican comfort food jaunt recently.

What cuisine are you into at the moment?

Last full day on earth? What the eff to eat for dinner!? Too many choices. I think I'd go for something light(ish) and leave plenty of space for dessert. You?

Hello World!

Let the record show, if this blog ends up well (in other words with it's author rich and famous), then I have my lovely gentleman friend and Yelp to thank...

You see, after BF noticed that my reviews were featured for a couple of weeks straight in the Yelp newsletter, he joked that I should be some sort of critic. This blog is my reaction. So if it turns out that this sucks down the road, you can blame him.

I've "blogged" before, but only angsty personal stuff as a wee high-schooler. Since I'm no longer a silly school girl, I'm going to try to focus this blog loosely on food and "lifestyle" posts. I'll try and keep weepy, love-sick drama to a minimum. Except maybe when it comes to sweets and potatoes. ...Mmmm. (Okay, okay! Yes, I am still silly, but I'm not lying about being done with school!)

Here goes nuffin' y'all...