I love baking, but I make next to everything completely from scratch, so this might not be your thing?

Fresh pasta lasagna! Make a bolognese, a bechamel, and add ricotta, mozzarella and parm on top! You won't even need to pre-cook the pasta. I made this for the first time in years and it was heaven!

Go to www.smittenkitchen.com. Lots of lovely recipes; the peanut butter chocolate cake was a big bit when I made it. Just search through all the recipes, drool and enjoy :)

I am obsessed with this Tumblr. It releases recipes every hour. On the main page, there are categories you can search. Happy eats!

I hate being brag-y, but life has been really great recently. Let's all name 3 reasons why life has been good recently (even if it hasn't... dig deep.) I'll go first (sorry again. hate bragging. i'm kind of drunk.)

Tried during the new year open thread, but didn't get any responses. Anyone have any fantastic recipes? We got a whole hunch of sweet cooking equipment for Christmas and want to try them all out! Panini, things to cook on a cast iron grill pan, Madelines, crock pot, pasta maker, pizza stone...gimme your ideas!!

Speaking of cross stitch, I am about to finish this bad ass mother fucker. Can. Not. Wait.

I've been reading all your posts today, Mark, and I must say,

Heh.

Is it just me, or is this whole post really mean spirited? Sheesh.

She's 20. Nuff said.

Tricksy hobbitses.

This post was a mistake. I'm a fan of yours...but ...hm.

ba-dumpdump cish! (sorry, I was trying to make that sound like drums and cymbals. Because that comment deserves it!)

I JUST LOOKED AT THE PICTURES AND THAT WAS MY FIRST REACTION TOO.

His girlfriend and boyfriend can take both in?!? Holy fuck

I just got a "pastry tart" maker (aka a poptart maker, as we call it) and I don't know what to do with it yet. Maybe someone has ideas for the both of us?

So much cool kitchen stuff to play with! Pizza stone, panini press, griddle, Madeline pan, cast iron grill pan, pasta maker, and little appliances! Any awesome recipes I need to try? Pizza tonight, fresh pasta tomorrow! Happy new year, guys! Turn that page and make it an awesome year!

I just want to with everybody Happy New Year and may the new year will be better then last.

Humblebrag.