Coffee:

Starbucks!

Starbucks is my number one favorite place to get coffee!
I love all the ways they use coffee to make so many drinks.
I cannot think of a better place to go to get something very yummy other than Starbucks.
The have hot drinks and cold drinks all year around.

Check out their website to see their menu: 

http://www.starbucks.com/menu

Recipe:

Mirin Sweet Potatoes: 

Here is just a random post about how to make mirin sweet potatoes. I got this recipe from Jen of userealbutter.com! 

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2012/02/01/mirin-sweet-potatoes-recipe/

Random:

Anne's & Krispy Kreme:

2714 Sunset Ave, Rocky Mt, NC 27804

969 N Wesleyan Blvd, Rocky Mt, NC 27801


Anne's Bakery is a great place to go get some homemade sweets and even order cakes or other items for a party & ect. I am making this post because I been talking about about sweets on my blog these past weeks and I thought I give a good place where you can go and buy some tasty treats. If you are just looking for some yummy doughnuts then I think Krispy Kreme is the place to go because they have the best doughnuts around here! Although I love going to Anne's Bakery for other kinds of sweets but when it comes to doughnuts Krispy Kreme is the best! 

Which it your favorite or do you have another place where you like to get baked goods? 

Recipe:

Kamryn's Pear Delight:

A another yummy recipe that is fun and easy! 

I found this one on a blog on blogger.com and it have a lot of recipes that are simply delicious! 

You should check out their blog: 

http://www.foodjimoto.com/ 

Or just check out the recipe for this sweet pear delight: 

http://www.foodjimoto.com/2011/12/guest-cook-kamryns-pear-delight.html .

(picture from foodjimoto.) 

Peachy-Raspberries:

Peach-Raspberry Galette: 

Here is a yummy, sweet, and easy recipe for a fresh summer treat! 

I love the sweet peaches with the tart/tangy raspberry baked into a warm crust. 

I got this recipe from Jen of userealbutter.com

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2007/09/18/peach-raspberry-galette-recipe/

Recipe:

Chinese Scallion Pancakes?!

I found this recipe on userealbutter.com and it looks so amazing and yummy! I thought I make this post about it because I am always posting about food! Food is what brings people together and this recipe will sure be perfect to share with love ones because they are something different! 

Check it out: 
http://userealbutter.com/2008/04/30/chinese-scallion-pancakes-recipe/

Doughnuts!

Doughnuts! 

Everyone loves a doughnut and you can buy them from the store or Ann's Doughnuts or  Krispy Kreme but I thought I show you how to make your very own doughnuts! You can give them as gifts or just eat them for yourself but eating them with others make the doughnuts taste better. 

I got this recipe from Jen of Userealbutter.com! 

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2008/02/11/doughnuts-recipe/

Random:

Tattoos?! 

Do anyone have any ideas on what I should get for my next tattoo? I have an idea of what I want... I just want to know want other ideas are on there. Thank you! 

(random picture.)

Fugetsu-Do Japanese Sweet Shop:

Yummy Sweets: 

Japanese sweets made from mochi looks so yummy and I heard that they taste AMAZING!! Mochi is  is Japanese rice cake made of mochigome, a short-grain japonica glutinous rice and this the traditional way to make Japanese sweets. You can make the mochi sweet and yummy! Here is a great blog post talking about a japanese sweet shop that makes Mochi.

Check it out: 

http://www.foodjimoto.com/2011/04/fugetsu-do-japanese-sweet-shop.html

Random:

I found this picture and I love it! It is three pieces of crepe mille cake.

I love crepes and I bet one of these would taste amazing.

Check out this website about this cake:

http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/mille-crepe-cake/

Mac and Cheese:

Mac & Cheese! 

I found another great post about how to make this yummy mac and cheese!! I love cheese and pasta..soo...mac and cheese is like heaven to me!! (: But I am VERY picky about my mac and cheese though. The pasta have to be the right size and the cheese cannot be that fake cheese...eww...Anyway, here is the link the recipe. 

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2008/03/05/macaroni-and-cheese-recipe/

Crepe World:

Crepe World!

I love this little food place! It is so cute and yummy and we don't have anything else like it in Rocky Mount! You should check it out, its on 3665 Sunset Avenue - (In Westridge Shopping Center) Rocky Mount, NC 27804. This place mainly sales crepes; crepes are is a type of very thin pancake, usually made from wheat flour but they are also filled with many different things from sweet to salty. They also sells coffee(s) and beer(s) and other things as well!  

Check Out Their Website: 

http://www.mycrepeworld.net/

Lemons:

Lemon Tart and Bars: 

I love sweets that use lemons because the bitter/sourness from the lemon with the sweetness from the sugar makes a symphony of flavors in my mouth! Lemon bars and a Lemon tart are a good way to use lemon although there are thousands of ways to use lemons in baking but these two ways are my favorites! Here are some recipes for a lemon tart and bars. These recipes are from Jen of Userealbutter.com and they are so yummy and perfect for the spring and summer. 

Lemon Tart: 

http://userealbutter.com/2010/02/01/lemon-tart-recipe/

Lemon Bars: 

http://userealbutter.com/2007/08/10/lemon-bars-recipe/

Help?!

Exam Scheduled:  

Could someone please tell what is the exam scheduled is? I heard many different things and I just don't know what the real scheduled is. If you know what it is please let me know!

Thank you. 

Random:

Japanese Custard Pudding!
This weekend I am going to make custard pudding and there are many version of it but I am choosing to make the Japanese version because it seem the yummiest and my sister and I love sweets from Japan! This is going to be so yummy and creamy but also sweet and slightly bitter from the homemade caramel! I found 3 recipes that I like, so I am going to use the cream part from one recipe and the caramel from another reprice and so on. This will help me make/come up with the best custard pudding. 

Recipe: (This one is very easy! But I am not using this recipe.) 

http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesedessertsweet/r/custardpudding.htm

Recipe:

Strawberry Chiffon Buttercream Cake!

I been eating A LOT of strawberries lately and I found this recipe on how to make a STRAWBERRY cake. It is a chiffon cake with butter-cream frosting. It looks so amazing and I bet it is so sweet and soft. I believe cakes should be soft and cold but no to cold. I hate dry room temp cake because the frosting is not stable no more and the cake is just falling a part. I got this recipe from Jen of Userealbutter.com! You guys should check out her website! (: 

Check it out:  

http://userealbutter.com/2009/05/06/strawberry-chiffon-buttercream-cake-recipe/

The Great Gatsby.

"The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald."

Many of you my know that there is a re-make of the movie The Great Gatsby that is coming out this May, but while the 'older' vision of the movie was good and I am looking forward to seeing the 2013 vision of The Great Gatsby; I still believe that the book will be better than the movie. I read the book almost a year ago and some other great classic novels but "The Great Gatsby" was the most fun to read and one of the most challenging. I loved the way the book flowed and the way that Scoot Fitzgerald wrote it. If you have no read this book I strongly suggest that you do!  Some other great books are "Mice and Men." by John Steinbeck, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, "Night" by Elie Wiesel, "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles and many others. 

Recipe:

Blueberry Lemon Sweet Rolls

The most yummiest rolls I ever seen! I have to make these very soon and let you guys know how easy it is and how great it taste!! It just like a cinnamon rolls but just with blueberries and a lemon glaze. I got this recipe from Ree Drummond, or she is known as the The Pioneer Woman. 

Check it out:

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2012/11/blueberry-lemon-sweet-rolls/

(picture from Ree Drummond.) 

Sticky Buns Recipe:

Sticky Buns: 

I love sticky buns because they are so sweet and yummy anytime of the year because you can eat them warm or cold! I found this recipe and I just had to share it because I love food and making food! Sticky buns are like cinnamon rolls just without the cream cheese. Once again I got this recipe from Jen of Userealbutter.com. 

Check it out:

 http://userealbutter.com/2007/08/14/sticky-buns-recipe/

My Photo Essay:

Cooking Jumbo Stuffed Shells

By: April Horne 

Photo Essay on how to make stuffed shells.

Cook the pasta until soft. You don't want to eat hard pasta because that is just gross! 

Place pasta shells into a glass pan that it's lightly drizzles in olive oil, so the pasta won't burn on to the pan.

Cop the fresh spinach & parsley.

Mix the ricotta cheese and fresh spinach & parsley.

Put salt, pepper, garlic into the mix until it taste perfect to you.

The cop the onion in very small pieces and mix everything together. 

Stuffed each shells with the mix.

Then pour some marinara sauce on the shells.

Baked them in the oven for 10-15 mins on 350F. 

Then take it out of the oven and enjoy your stuffed shells! 


(questions on pg.176 are on 2 other posts!) 

Photo Essay Questions: 2

(Questions page 176.) 

"The Aftermath of the Boston Marathon Explosions."

1.) http://nation.time.com/2013/04/16/aftermath-of-the-boston-marathon-explosions/

2.) The aftermath of the bombing in Boston during the Boston Marathon.

3.) I was very said to see other people crying and trying to deal with the pain. The impacted it had of me is that anyone can be evil and you can't just think the world is a safe place. 

4.) What makes the photos effective is seeing other people in pain and how people come together during hard times. The picture shows how people are dealing with the aftermath of the bombing and what they are doing to so support from those who died. 

5.) The copy and pictures accompanies each other well and that what makes the copy effective because it being the words and pictures together. 

Photo Essay Questions: 1

(Questions on pg. 176)

"Dutch Abdication: Willem-Alexander Becomes Europe's Youngest Monarch ."

1.) http://world.time.com/2013/04/30/the-netherlands-new-king/

2.) Willem-Alexander Becomes Europe’s Youngest Monarch

3.) I thought that is was amazing how other places have kings and queens or monarchs. It impacted me because I always seem to forget how different the world is from what I always known, A.K.A. America. 

4.) The photo tells the story and they tell the story because it shows Willem-Alexander being the monarch and his family with him during this great event. 

5.) The copy accompanies wonderfully and that is what makes it effective it shows the people coming to cheer him on and the process of him becoming the monarch. 

DIY:

Mother's Day Gifts?

Mother's day is coming up soon and I bet you need to get a gift for your mother but instead running out to a store and buying a gift like flowers, candy, a movie, or even taking her out for a fancy dinner, you should make your own gift!! Here are some ideas for a great DIY mother's day gift that is easy and fun! 

Ideas:  

1.) Draw a picture such as, a picture of her or you. 

2.) Make a dinner or breakfast all on your own for her.

3.) Make paper flowers.

4.) Make a picture frame and put an old picture of you in it.

5.) Make a candle(s).

6.) Cupcakes (cutely decorated!) 

7.) A homemade little hand bag for make-up or a cell phone.

8.) Paint flower pots and put her favorite flowers in them. 

9.) Homemade key-chains.

10.) Homemade candy.  

If you need a post on how to make anyone of there ideas, I can make a post for it! So, let me know! (: 

Recipe:

Raspberry Cream Cheese Cookies!

I have not made these cookies yet but I want to because they look sooo GOOD and I bet they will taste even better! I love raspberries and the I know the tang and creamy-ness from the cream cheese would be perfect with the sweet/tangy raspberries! I might make them this weekend, so I thought I post about them, to show how yummy they look! Hopefully you can make them too! (: I got this recipe from Jen from Userealbutter.com and she is an amazing blogger and cook. 

Check it out:

http://userealbutter.com/2008/04/08/raspberry-cream-cheese-cookies-recipe/