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No wonder Jill's recipes are so easy. She once owned a business that specialized in teaching kids to cook & bake.
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Birthday Cake Memories
by jillbcooks 8/5/2010 10:01:00 PM

Today is my birthday, and that absolutely puts me in a cake kind of mood.  We are actually celebrating my birthday on Saturday.  I don’t know exactly what my dear husband has planned, but I was given the gentle directive “dress fancy” and was assured that there will be cake.  I got lots of fun prezzies, including a subscription to a cooking magazine and a gift certificate to a cooking store.  Does my family know me or what? Enough digression!  This post promised cake memories.  When it comes to birthday cakes, my taste runs purist: white or yellow cake with stiff, sugary white buttercream.  My first cake, and maybe my most favori...


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Tags: birthday cakes, birthdays, dinosaur cake, pink castle cake

Kettle Corn is the World’s Best Packing Material
by jillbcooks 8/6/2009 5:06:00 PM

So, yesterday was my birthday—my sixth annual 29th birthday.  My younger sister Liz likes to put together birthday boxes with a card, treats and prezzies.  She is top-notch at creating the perfect birthday box—always color coordinated, always with lots of cute touches like Post-Its with notes, and (when she sends them to me at least) always with kettle corn, which acts as delicious, sustainable packing peanuts.  I was delighted to dig into the box, which had lots of great presents, including super cute retro dish towels and the Julie & Julia novel.  Does she know me or what?...


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Tags: treats, kettle corn, birthdays, popcorn

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