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Baking

New Beginnings – A HUGE Announcement!

April 26, 2011

  There has been a lot going on around here lately…a lot.  And it all started, believe it or not, at the bake sale for the DC State Fair back in November.  I was dropping off my contribution and struck up a conversation with Robin Shuster, the market manager at 14th & U Farmers Market.  [...]

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Market to Table: Cherry Pie

June 13, 2010

I would like to take you readers on a trip back into Shaw Girl’s past, specifically to the year 1990.  I was a sophomore in high school, still rocking very high hair and questionable fashion choices.  I had a major crush on one Jason Perry, but my mother wouldn’t let me go out on a [...]

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Banana Layer Cake…and Ode to Boy

June 9, 2010

On this day some 29 years ago, The Boy made his debut in this world.  He didn’t come in tap dancing or wearing a fedora, but I still think it was a milestone.  So let’s take a look at what exactly makes The Boy tick:

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Market to Table: Strawberry Layer Cake

May 17, 2010

On Sunday evening, at around 5:13 pm, I had a frosting related nervous breakdown.  This breakdown involved near tears, a wayward icing knife and a big ol’ mixing bowl of butter cream.  How did I come to such a lowly state? Let’s start from the beginning (times are an approximation…it was all a haze):

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Blood Orange Tea Cake

February 3, 2010

 As I sit in my office, staring out at the lovely blanket of snow covering the Portrait Gallery like a layer of meringue, I long for my kitchen.  It’s days like this that scream for my flour dusted apron, a mixing bowl and some cake batter (I’m thinking chiffon cake, in case you’re wondering).  But [...]

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