Remember when I told you about my New Year's Resolutions?  And how my friend Marnely from Cooking with Books and I had made a resolution to cook a live lobster (after humanely killing it, of course)?  Well, we set a deadline of end of January to do so, so I needed to find a live lobster ASAP.

I didn't even know where to find a live lobster, so I performed a google search and found a great lobster company out of Maine, Simply Lobsters.  I worked with Don, who was an absolute joy to work with.  He was so quick to respond to my email and sent me a lobster to review via overnight shipping.  I spoke to him at 9am on Wednesday and by 9am the next morning there was a fresh 3lb. lobster from Maine sitting at my front door (carefully wrapped up of course!)!  Keep reading to see how you can win the giveaway of two 1.65 lb lobsters for Valentine's Day! 

The lobster arrived alive, as it should be, and was carefully packaged with its claws wrapped in rubber bands (so it didn't attack me!).  Here's a sneak peak at the whole process:
 
 
I've been craving something for forever.  FOR.EV.ER. (Sandlot Style).  I've been craving some peanut sauce.  Any way I can get it.  I've had this Jade Peanut Sauce for a long long time and have been dying to use it again.  But I didn't want to make a noodle dish... I'm sort of "pasta'd-out" (yes, I know that's not a word).  So instead I thought I'd go with a pizza.  This pizza is so great because it is so easy to make, super versatile, and quick (and muy delicioso!).
 
 
Remember when THIS happened??
And THIS had already happened in preparation for that?
Well THIS is what happened next!:
 
 
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melted american flag cake...still tasted delicious!
This blog post will be rather quick, as I have a lot of work to do for Bar Exam stuff, but I just wanted to wish everyone a happy 4th of July!!  Happy Birthday America! This year, I decided to try out the "American Flag Cake" created by 17 and Baking with a great version by Glorious Treats.  Below, I have included an instructional video on how to make and assemble the cake, and it's a nice way for you to get to know me better!  Please check it out!  I will also post some pictures from the process and let you know how it went.  The picture above is after the cake had melted for about 3-4 hours so if you served it cold it probably wouldn't be so messy but sometimes I think messy is more beautiful than perfect.