Do you ever let yourself become obsessive about something because of how amazingly wonderful you feel it's going to turn out (even if only in your mind)?

Baking is like therapy for me. But better. Because at the end of the measuring/stirring/waiting, there is something amazing to eat.

The irresistibility of ice cream cake does not fade, regardless of how old you are.

Is PB&J nostalgic for everyone? To be honest, we rarely ate it growing up. We were much more the 'turkey sandwich with 2-3 Oreos and a bag of baby carrots' kind of crew. There was a solid period of time that Kate would only eat mayonnaise and cheese sandwiches, which I'd truly like to forget about.

I'm currently baking my way through Vanilla Bean Blog's Baking Book, and I can unequivocally say that it's the best bake-book I've ever owned.

A few years ago, back when 2 sisters had just moved to Washington D.C., Top Chef had it's arguably best season ever, All Stars (anyone else feel like they could've been the third member in the Fabio Vivani Richard Blais love affair? No?)..