Easter - I like you, I really do!
One of the best tips I ever got from my Mum was to hide my dirty dishes in the oven when unexpected guests come over. Genius!
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris has lots of little caramel nuggets of ideas, just like my Mum’s. It’s a big hunker of a book, filled with lots of recipe ideas and hosting ideas (like hiding marbles in your bathroom cabinet to trick nosy guests.) I wish Amy was the next door neighbor who would invite me over for fancy themed dinners and stop by with cupcakes and homemade lemonade on Sunday afternoons. In Montreal we had Mr. Piedlourds as a neighbour, and in Alberta most of our neighbours are strangers. Would you take cupcakes from a stranger?
Actually, I might. But they’d need to have a LOT of colourful icing.
If I can’t sway you to buy the book (for yourself, a friend… your grandmother), maybe Amy can. Here she is in her own deliciously wacky promotional video.
Amy talks about two things a lot in her book: cheese balls and her rabbit. Maybe you have some time this weekend to make a cheese ball for your family. You can follow along as she makes them on Martha Stewart right here. I wish I had both these things, except I am poor and can’t afford cheese at the moment, and Chris is allergic to every conceivable animal. So, in honour of Easter, let’s take a peak into the world of Amy’s Easter Bunny-ish cupcake store. If I lived nearby I would visit every single day.
However, since I do not live nearby I decided to celebrate Easter another way. I visited every single candy store in town, and bought something gooey from every stop.Wooo! There are pics from the Sugar World Tour right here (and to your right if you click that little Flickr image.)
Hope you all have a great Easter weekend eating hams, perogies, cakes and cookies with your Mums!
xo Sarah
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Just remember to check the oven before you decide to warm it up. I followed your mom’s trick and just about melted the handle to the wok!
That book is great BTW, Amy seems pretty saucy and the shots with her and a bong are hilarious, I could picture her living on the same floor as you, Steph and Burnzy on Forest Hill.
Oh Sarah - your Sugar World Tour photographs make Banff look adorably delicious! Which was your favorite store and piece of candy?
I spent Easter weekend with my Mum, eating Cadbury Mini Eggs and playing Dominoes at the cottage!
And speaking of cheese balls: I had never had one until a couple of months ago, and boy are they ever yummy! To all of you newbies out there, don’t be scared of their giganticness… dig in!