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The last batch of scones I made for my friends tasted as if a baking soda monster had crawled into the dough and died. “They weren’t bad,” my friend said. That means that they weren’t good, either. The bag of flour I use has a little emblem in the corner that says “125 years of …

God cares about Fritos. I’m part of a small group that actually is small. We meet at each other’s place on Wednesday nights, and in the past the host has made a meal. It’s possible that we’ve all used up our cooking repertoire, or we just want to simplify. Whatever the case, we decided to …

I just wanted a milk frother. I like hot chocolate. I wanted to have the option for frothed milk for my hot chocolate. I was not achieving success and existing in the land of “just add water, and throw some milk in just to imagine how it could’ve been so beautiful.” Many months ago, I …

My friend gave me a gigantic two-pound peppermint stick candy, and I have spent about 45 minutes staring at it, trying to ascertain the best plan of action for consuming it. It’s huge. I’ve never seen such a large piece of candy. Reading the nutrition label and calculating the caloric intake on something that cyclopic …

The last time I hosted our small group meeting, I decided to make macaroni and cheese out of a box. I had just purchased a huge bulk amount at Sam’s. It went poorly, because I became distracted by something on the TV and boiled the noodles into a sticky solid carve-able orange mass. We basically …