

sober tuesday: the spicy shepherd
One of our favorite restaurants is a fancy taco joint about a mile from our apartment. We've been going there for years - in fact we went to A Toda Madre for dinner the night Aaron proposed. This may have been strategic because I defy you to be anything but amenable after feasting on a platter of these pork belly tacos... In addition to serving the Tacos of Heaven, they also serve my favorite fruit-based cocktail in existence: the El Pastor. (It's the thing of beauty I'm drin


spice cake with berry compote & coffee-cardamom frosting
Ok, I promise I'm not going to post about everything we served at our wedding. I'm done after this one. Although there were these herbed butters... we'll come back to those later. This timing worked out perfectly, though. Our anniversary was on the 23rd and my friend asked me a couple months back if I'd be willing to make a cake for their wedding the following Saturday. She also gave me free reign on what kind of cake to make, so I jumped at the opportunity to finally eat a w