Sarchix Finds

Yes, its that time of the year where cookies are a plenty.  It seems like everyone is baking (or buying) them and it is impossible to avoid them.  We have several “cookie monsters” in the family so we can never have too many cookies around.

In the quest to not make the same cookies all the time I came across Gourmet Magazine’s site that has cookie recipes that go back as far as the 1940′s.  (I’m partial to 1944′s Cinnamon Sugar Crisps and the Irish Coffee Crunchies from 1977.)

I’m not sure which I’ll be making up this weekend and this coming week but I know they will be tasty!

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Tis’ the season for finding the perfect gift.  Jubili Beads and Yarn in Collingswood, NJ is having a special “Customer Brag Sale” this weekend.  On December 13th and 14th Jubili Beads and Yarn will showcase (and sell) original designs by local crofters.

In addition to the sale and extra merchandise, they will be offering wine and cheese and Dichroic Glass Music! The duo of Maureen Rush-Bogutz  and Kristin King will preform from 1-4pm on Saturday only.  And their CD’s will be available for sale. (Much of the proceeds from engagements and CD sales are donated to cancer research.)

This weekend’s hours are:

Saturday, December 13th from 10 am to 9 pm with Dichroic Glass Music from 1-4pm

Sunday, December 14th from noon to 5 pm

Jubili Beads and Yarns are located at 713 Haddon Ave.    Collingswood, NJ 08108    Phone: (856) 858-7844

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Have you seen the TV ad for this app? It is free and it is pretty cool. Not only is it fun to play with, but if you’re looking for a suggestion of where to go to eat, it does a pretty good job of tossing out a variety of suggestions. A good number of the local places seem to be listed.

I don’t know about other areas, but we have A LOT of restaurants around here but still wind up going to the same places all the time.  This helps to add variety to the options when your partner says “where do you want to go for dinner?”

They also have a feature where you can report places that are no longer open – it looks like they are trying to keep the info current.

So, for the price, it is well worth it.

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I love this site!

Part of my kitchen storage is dedicated to my baking supplies.  Making cakes, the bigger the better, is something I love to do.  I love looking at other people’s work as well.  I watch the Food Network’s shows on the cake competitions and have found some great baking sites on the Internet.

I found this site a few weeks ago.  I can’t even really remember how I found it but I have become a disciple of the site ever since.

Every day we are treated with some of the worst decorated cakes ever.  The witty commentary with each picture makes it even better.  Jen, the woman behind the blog, offers daily posts with cakes that you’re glad that you didn’t buy.

The cakes featured, with VERY few exceptions, are all professionally made.  They range from the grocery story or Cosco kinds of cakes all the way up to professional bakery cakes.  One some of the truly “wrecktastic” one, she tries to get as much story behind it or even a photo of the “inspiration” cake.

Since finding the site, I have looked at the cakes in the case at grocery stores and bakery windows much differently now, hoping to find one worth trying to take a picture of without getting caught by store security (or worse, the cake decorator who made the offending cake).  The funny thing is, I have seen some of the cakes that have shown up at Cake Wrecks at my grocery store and had to laugh that I either found the same cake or that someone back at the home office thought these would be big sellers.  I can’t wait to have my first Wreck sighting!

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