yummage OR yes, it's that good!

My dad has always been a tease.  Since he's become a Pop to my two girls, the joking has elevated to new and fun heights.  One of my favorite things he'd do, when I was young usually took place after dinner at the table.

"Ewww.  This chocolate cake looks really yucky.  I guess I'll just eat your slice."
Then we'd scream, "Nooo, Dad!  We love chocolate cake!"
To which he'd feign surprise, "You do?  Well, I'll just have to take the yummiest slice then."

Then we'd all semi-argue about who really had the best slice of cake or most delicious scoop of ice cream.  These days, my Dad plays this same game with my girls.  It often ends the way it did when I was a kid.  With my Dad saying to the girls, "Don't say delicious!"
 "Delicious!" they scream.
 "Well, don't even think about saying magnifique."
 "Magnifique!"
"Alright.  As long as you don't say... yummage."
"YUMMAGE!"

Ah, that's how yummage was born.  Yummage has now been adopted into our family lingo.  It refers to anything delicious and mouthwatering.  Most of my tried and true favorite dishes and desserts are already branded as yummage.  But as I'm growing in the kitchen with new recipes and techniques, that yummage seal is tougher to come by.  I love testing, tasting and trying new foods.  I know if I just keep at it, I'll hear that magic word.  I know now that when the girls and my husband proclaim the new recipe I try as yummage, that it truly wears the badge of approval from my toughest critics.  This blog is a place to share the most yummage things in my cookbook and a few new tastes too!