Food tourist strikes again: Simma's Bakery, Milwaukee, WI

Tucked away in the West side of Milwaukee is one of the International Restaurant & Hospitality Ratings Bureau’s Top 25 bakeries in America. I was lucky enough to grow up in the neighborhood where Simma’s Bakery has been located since it opened nearly 30 years ago. I remember how my… Read more »

Cake truffles from C. Adams Bakery in Milwaukee

This weekend I was visiting relatives and friends in Milwaukee for graduation parties, birthday celebrations, and Memorial Day festivities. In my downtime, I frequented a number of local bakeries searching for unique desserts to review here on the blog. I found just what I was looking for at C. Adams… Read more »

Giada De Laurentiis' lemon cookie cakes with lemon frosting

Personally, I think Giada De Laurentiis is just divine. I love her Food Network shows, and I love the surprising dishes and treats she comes up with—so I decided all this was reason enough to finally try out one of her recipes. I chose this recipe for lemon cookie cakes… Read more »

Just Sitting Around Eating Bon-Bons...

When I was in high school, I had a teacher who, whenever she saw her students gazing off into the distance, eyes glazed over, and not paying any attention whatsoever in class, would call them out out for “just sitting around eating bon-bons”—an expression she herself coined as shorthand for… Read more »