Tiny Cherry Hand Pies/Tiny Furniture

Have you heard of that show Girls? I guess it's kind of big. I don't even know if it's still on or not, but it's relevant because the movie I'm reviewing, Tiny Furniture, came first. I'm a little bit behind on the times so I'm only getting to it now.

I thought the film would pair well with the tiny hand pies that I made for my dad for father's day. By the way, if you're looking for a good parental gift, baking is something parents always appreciate. Just make sure it's something that will last a couple of days in the mail. When I was a kid I remember he used to love those hostess cherry pies, and I wanted to make him something close to that (hopefully better!). I miss my dad a lot, and I'm sad I don't get to see him as much now that I live in Boston. This entry is dedicated to you, dad! Happy Father's day! Maybe you can teach me to grill the next time I come home. I think that would make a good summertime entry.

what a cool dad!

Recipe: Tiny Hand Pies

Home for the Holidays/NYT Cookies/Christmas Vacation

Special holiday edition!

Typically my rule is that the movie I review has to be a movie I haven't seen before. I've changed the rules so that I can do one throwback movie of the month. Last month it was Jaws, and now this month it will be Christmas Vacation.

I'm home in Michigan for the holidays, and I baked these cookies with my brother Ethan, my sister Caitlin, and her boyfriend Jake. They are all pretty stellar people.

Caitlin happily cutting chocolate 

Jake looking fly.

Ethan looking weird.

There has been a lot of buzz behind these chocolate chip cookies, so I feel like it's time to give them a try. The original recipe is found here. I know it may seem like a lot of chocolate, but somehow it works. We ended up having to use two different kinds (not the fancy discs like the article) because we didn't have enough of one kind. We also just used all purpose flour instead of a mixture of bread and cake. I hope that didn't affect the recipe too much.

Recipe: New York Times (kinda) Chocolate Chip Cookies 

Bacon Chocolate Pecan Bars/Unforgiven

Sorry about this post being late! I was supposed to write it on Tuesday evening, but we got a surprise email from our landlord about the house being appraised. Soooo I guess it was time to get the couch out of the stairway that has been there for 3 months? Maybe?

It's more stuck than it looks.

After about 5 hours of sawing and putting holes in the wall, we gave up (it was midnight on a work evening). Guess where the couch is now...

I don't really want to talk about it.

Anyways, the post is late. SORRY GUYS.

Today's recipe is not healthy. I think you can probably guess that from the title. You really shouldn't eat these. As a matter of fact, you probably just shouldn't read this entry. Unless you want to make lots of friends friends. Or move up in your job. If you bring them to work you'll probably be promoted. That is, if they make it out of the house...

The recipe was concocted for a celebration of "Hamover" - a pork party. I wanted to make something special instead of your run of the mill pig dish. After some extensive searching, I found this recipe from this lady called The Beeroness. I love a good chocolate pecan pie, so I threw some dark chocolate in there as well. It was a good choice.

What do you do with the leftover bacon? Cover it in brown sugar, bake it, and call it "candied bacon". Duh. It melts in your mouth. Also a big hit at the sausage fest.

Recipe: Unforgivably Unhealthy Bacon Chocolate Beer Shortbread Pecan Bars