Beer and cake are the most heavenly foods on earth. How do I reconcile my worship of a bitter, carbonated nectar with my equal rapture in the presence of the sweet, dense manna? Hell is […]
Tag Archives: cake
stepping away from the cake
The scale at Weight Watchers showed a 3.4-pound loss after the first week. That’s almost three and a half pounds of cake research (and beer research and Halloween candy research, et al.) gone. I realize […]
danger cake
Although research for The Book is long finished, I still get the occasional email for bizarre cake stories, like the ejaculating cake or this, the five-minute chocolate cake in a mug. “The Most Dangerous Cake […]
sometimes my husband believes what I tell him, especially now that it’s in a book
My husband picked up a very heavy and very fluorescent Key Lime Pie Cheesecake from Costco yesterday. Despite its vividness, I can tell it tastes delicious. OK, I can tell because I might have stuck […]
autographs
I recently sold some gigantic (18″ x 18″) enlargements of birds on a wire—three different shots. While I was signing one of them, my extra-fine Pilot Razor Point ran out of ink. It’s about time, […]
Lemon Pounds Cake
I like to call this a pounds cake because you can make it exactly as you like it and gain several pounds from just a couple of pieces. I also like to post recipes for […]
a special note to stephen colbert
I know what you need. It is soft and moist. It’s suh-weet. Getting it only makes you want it more. It’s the perfect way to end a meal or start a day. It’s the climax […]