I think I need a break from politics and comfort food is one answer. So is baking. Last night I made pumpkin bread. It felt good to do some baking.
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Photo a Week Challenge: Something Baked



IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO OF SOMETHING BAKED.
Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.
Here’s how it works:
- Each week, I’ll come up with a theme and post a photo that I think fits. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Thursday, when the next photo theme will be announced.
- To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “A Photo a Week Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ and “Photo a Week” tags.
- Come back here and post a link to your image in the comments for this challenge.
- Follow nancy merrill photography so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements.
4 Levels: Chicken Wings
If you like chicken wings, here are some ideas with a pinch of food science.
Perfect Potato Salad
We need this in summer, right?
Tasting History: Birthday Cakes
This video caught my attention. It’s not my birthday, but I’d still try to make it.
4 Levels of Lasagna
Bon appetit!
4 Levels: Cheesecake
Who doesn’t love cheesecake?
Well, a lot of people, I suppose, especially if they’re lactose intolerant.
But I do love it and haven’t had it for a while. This is the first 4 level episode I’ve seen that I’d actually go with the pro’s recipe. I’d like to combine the raspberries from level 2 with the oatmeal cookie, no-bake level 3.
What do you think?
Levels of Mac & Cheese
I’d like to try them all.
Make Gourmet Cadbury Eggs
Easter’s Sunday. If you want to make you’re own Cadbury Creme Eggs, you’ll need to get cracking now as it took the pastry chef above 4 days to make hers. You can save a day because you don’t have to reverse engineer the eggs.
The Musette: sinfully-rich brownies

I’m baking more and want to try these. I did give up chocolate for Lent so it’ll be a few weeks more before I do. Tomorrow I’m making pineapple-upside down cake.
The richer a brownie is, the better it tastes. Most people would far rather have a fat finger of something truly decadent than a large square of what…
The Musette: sinfully-rich brownies