Putting the "Pro" into Procrastination

The good news: My second essay in Sauce Magazine just got published today!! Hip, hip, hooray.

The bad news: I didn't bake the citrus bars I was planning on baking this morning because Dave, my boyfriend, and I slept on the floor of his father's apartment. Dave's dad Charles just celebrated his 7oth, and wow, I hope I'm that rowdy when the next 40 years pass me by.

But I have a big, fat promise: Tomorrow night I make Outrageous Brownies from Ina Garten's loverly cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa (the original). Nothing says food porn like chocolate. This recipe is so over the top that I think Dave will feel the love on his 33rd birthday this Tuesday (33 on 3/3)!!

P.S. I really want to read her new book. Oh, non-arrogant foodies unite!