![Cold Oven Pound Cake]()
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Feb 22, 2012 | Cooking
I love it when I encounter something new in the kitchen. The title pretty much says it all, but I had never heard of putting a cake into an oven without preheating it before. I’ve made a lot of cakes, too. When we get together with friends for New Year’s...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized, Writing
So, here I am, committing myself to editing this novel I started a long time ago. It’s the one a lot of friends have heard me talk about–Bess loses her entire family in a fire, moves to Redmond to live with her gay aunt, and goes survivor-guilt-crazy with...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 23, 2012 | Cooking
It’s National Pie Day, according to the Pie Council that is. I didn’t even KNOW there was a Pie Council, let alone a National Pie Day until I heard about it on KUOW today. Local Pie Bakers were on hand to answer questions about pie to celebrate. Those of...
![Cold Oven Pound Cake]()
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
We, or more accurately, my husband, received this in the mail a couple of days ago. As a general rule, I go through my mail when I get it with a casual glance to ensure I’m not missing anything important and toss it on the desk near the door to deal with...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 30, 2011 | Parenting, Uncategorized, Working Out
“Bring it” is a phrase that I didn’t use growing up or as a teen or even as a young adult. As a matter of fact, it’s not really part of my vocabulary at all, but the phrase has attitude. That’s what I need right now is a little bit of...
Recent Comments