Who loves Benedict Cumberbatch more than moi? No one. Lawd a'mercy can that man wear a suit! Who is tired of winter? Moi! It feels like we're living on Hoth; at least that's how I am experiencing this January.

In any case, the Em-i-lis 2013 Year in Review continues with... MARCH.

Em-i-lis turned 2!!! And Oliver celebrated his 4th! Both were such happy occasions though only Oliver had a spectacular Wonder Woman cake and received a real Golden Lasso. I dare say my birthday cakes are getting awfully artistic and skillfully done.

As Oliver's birthday is St. Patrick's Day, I made a magnificent corned beef and cabbage meal, a la Suzanne Goin, for dinner that night. This recipe was immediately filed in the Awesome: Make Regularly category.

We went to New Orleans for Spring Break, discovered and ate at Coquette (a must; great place) while there and for the first time ever, had to buy jeans because of a cold front. In Louisiana! In late March!

Tom and I co-wrote this lengthy post about knives: types, honing and sharpening them, ways to do so, etc. Very helpful! And when Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In, burst onto the scene, and the whole Sandberg-Anne-Marie Slaughter conversation commenced, I wrote this essay: Leaning In.

Lastly, my obsession with homemade ricotta and candied kumquats reached new heights in this tart. Aah...makes me want to go make one now!