The "C" word, chickpeas, and a yummy recipe that did not fail

The longer I have chickens (the half dozen that reside in my back yard) the harder it is to write that ingredient in shopping lists or recipes. It  feels very, very wrong, and I know it’s only a matter of time before that white meat will disappear from the diet altogether.But it hasn’t, not just…

A CAKE STORY

Or as this should be subtitled: My most recent culinary disaster.Today I post about cake.I had to make a cake for a thing, and being as occasionally cakes I have baked have turned out okay – I’ve been making a mess in kitchens for a while now – I planned on making this one the night…