The last three months....

So, I don't know if anyone still subscribes to this... but here goes...

So sorry about falling off the grid like that. December got crazy with moving. And then there's that working retail during the holidays bit. Oy. However, Christmas was good to this boy's kitchen and so I've been able to tackle more adventurous baking hurdles. Most were not photographed,  but a couple of the highlights are here for your ocular pleasure:

 First, here is my new beauty. She is pistachio green, and has a motor that goes all the way up...  I love her.

The Pumpkin Chronicles

I went a little crazy with the pumpkin the past couple of weeks. This is what you get when Walmart insists on selling only the giant sized cans of pumpkin...

Watermelon Pie

Even though I've already delved into autumn flavors with all the pumpkin lately, it still feels like summer here in Texas, so here's a recipe from The Runaway Spoon appropriate for the temperatures outside. I meant to make this a couple weeks ago, but was being lazy about juicing the watermelon. So in the intervening time between me buying the watermelon and actually cutting into it, it's been terrorizing Bailey (my dog) while it sat in the corner of my kitchen. Why do I get the "special" dogs? Maybe it's appropriate that on her first birthday I vanquished the evil melon with my chef's knife...

Chocolate Pie

This one's for you Em.  This recipe seemed so simple that I figured it had to be delicious, especially since it was touted as coming from a true Southern cook. Not so. It tastes like chocolate eggs and is by no means "fudgy" as the recipe intro describes it. I'm thinking my oven, which I suspect is on a slow, but accelerating, decline, overcooked this one. I pulled it out 10 min earlier than the recipe called for and it looked a little overdone already. I also replaced the sugar with Splenda, so maybe this Southern pie refused to be made healthier...