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The Tawny Scrawny Lion. Made sure to order a copy for my daughter before she was even born.

Hubby and I are holding out hope that she ends up loving The Paper Bag Princess, though.

Awesome to see Baked & Wired mentioned - the pastry chef there is a good friend of mine!

Peanut butter... and maple syrup...? You have just rocked my world. I MUST try this!

I made a batch of her mashed potatoes this weekend. They are awesome. Are they low-fat? Heck, no! But they are delicious! I've been reading her blog for close to two years, and have been happy with every recipe I've tried. I'm interested to see how her show goes.

I love so very much that you quoted my all-time favorite book in this - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Yay!

Also, these boiling water posts are flat-out brilliant.

Dad grew up in Maine, and I picked up jimmies from him. And yes, the rainbow ones are rainbow jimmies.

My mother has talked about something my grandmother used to make that she called "sour meat" - similar to sauerbraten, but not quite. Sadly, Grandma passed away when I was in high school, long before I got interested in cooking, so I never had the chance to learn much from her. Mom has always been more of a baker than a cook, so she didn't learn most of Grandma's stuff.

I love that they all have different expressions. So adorable!

I once worked in an office where the manager came barging out of his office one day, griping about the smell of the microwaved caramel popcorn someone had just made (NOT burned). He kept talking about how AWFUL the smell was, and went into the bathroom and grabbed the horrible industrial air freshener and sprayed it all over the place.

We considered trying to find an air freshener of the approximate scent of caramel popcorn and hide it in the vents of his office, but never actually did it.

I played Miep in a community theatre production about 12 years ago, so I totally understand what you mean about feeling a kinship with her. I teared up when I read last night that she had died.

I made Alton Brown's chocolate peppermint cookies a few years ago, and they were so pretty!

@nalega - I have it, and I LOVE it. It works like an absolute champ, and makes mixing anything in my KA a breeze. No pausing to scrape down the bowl!