I’m always looking for a good reason to bake up something sweet, but every year my friends at OXO come up with one of the best reasons. It’s time, once...
Tis the season to start stuffing ourselves, and our turkeys. Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year? I am. And you know what? I love cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Sure, it’s stressful...
Outdoor concerts are one of my favorite ways to spend an evening in the summer. We’re very lucky to be surrounded by many different opportunities for musical evenings where we...
It’s berry season! Berries are officially my favorite dessert fruit, so when early summer rolls around and bright, beautiful, fresh berries are abundant, I stock...
I have notoriously bad luck with banana bread. Every time I try to bake a loaf, it’s either overbaked or raw in the middle. Despite that, I haven’t given up...
Sometimes, you just need a little something sweet, and baking up a little something sweet doesn’t get much easier than these little lemon cookies. One of my favorite simple cookie recipes is...
It’s that time of year again! It’s time to announce this year’s contribution to The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! This is my fifth year participating in this fabulous event,...
A few weeks ago, I was using my hand mixer while baking up something in the kitchen, and I mentioned to my husband that it seemed that the mixer I’d...
Doesn’t that look like something you’d want to curl up with after a long day? Pot de Creme is just one of those desserts that, when offered, I can’t resist....
Three ingredients. That’s all is takes to make this incredibly fun, crispy, crunchy, chocolatey, cool dessert. This ice cream cake is so easy to put together, and it knocked the...
Ah, Labor Day weekend…summer’s last hurrah. A time to gather together, slap on some sunscreen, hang out at the pool one last time, and have a cookout. In honor of...
When I was young, my mother had this wonderful little garden on the side of our house. I used to love watching the garden grow each summer, and daily trips...
