Chloe’s birthday was earlier this month. The cookbook Baked: New Frontiers in Baking by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito was hanging around on loan from Sharon and after thumbing through it, Chloe decided to try the Root Beer Bundt Cake for her cake. Report: E said, “OMG, the frosting is not only good, it’s stick [...]
Love this cake. It’s like a warm, cashmere cardigan that you can dress up or down but always feel comfortable wearing. And it’s tops for evoking memories of Grandma in the kitchen with her ruffled apron wrapped around her waist. I can almost feel her enveloping me in her arms, my face mushed into her [...]
Eating local during the months before the garden really gets going is the toughest. My body is craving fruit and LOTS of veggies but they all come from far, far away… except for what’s in the freezer and the pantry. Can’t get much more local than that! Not only does it feel terrific to be [...]
Yesterday was a food-filled day and today my head is bursting with new recipes to create and stories to tell. I can’t decide where to let my fingers fly – the kitchen or the keyboard. Kitchen first, to bake a loaf of no-knead bread which I started yesterday when Sharon was visiting. I wanted to [...]
For everyone with a craft or a skill, there come moments when you view past work and creations with your more learned self and struggle to find acceptance of that work. Those moments come for me when I look at recipes I wrote five years ago. I’m five years more experienced, five years more trained, [...]
In honor of the 6th annual Pies on Parade event, a fundraiser to benefit the local food pantry and fuel assistance programs, in Rockland this upcoming Sunday sharing a pie recipe with you seems fitting. This Berry Pie recipe is silky and luscious. Berry Pie Pie Crust 1 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs butter 2 [...]
One of my favorite things in life is to turn something that was useful into something else and give it new life. For example, I just adore those blankets made from felted wool sweaters. Another one? I’ve been saving some of my favorite clothes the girls outgrow to eventually make a quilt. Or knitting fingerless [...]
Every year, three or four mom’s and our kidlets congregate in one of our small kitchens and completely sugar up our kids with Christmas cookies. Mountains of frosting and sprinkles are usually constructed on top of the unrecognizable sugar cookies as they decorate with an unrestrained hand. The floors are wooden and everything wipes down [...]
Grandma’s Ginger Cookies This recipe was first given to me by my grandma, in her hand writing. The card still rests in my recipe box with all of the other memories she gave me. The smell of them baking always brings the feel of how soft a hug was from her. My grandma used shortening [...]
Yesterday, just to prove to Rebecca, our very organized onsite gardener of Gabriella’s Gardens, that I could do it, I filed last year’s seeds. Not alphabetically as she was hinting I should, but by category – greens, heat loving plants like tomatoes, sprawlers like cucs and squash, flowers, herbs and lastly, bushy things. You know, [...]
