Over the last years we have tried to have a New Year’s Day Open House combined with a celebration of Jared’s birthday. Some years it works. Some years it doesn’t. This year it didn’t
Author Archives: Amy Neiman
This is my last November post and my last “we took Thanksgiving on the road” post. Time to put Thanksgiving to rest for 2013. This post is about buttermilk biscuits. My niece Becca made
For Chanukah (the eight day festival of light) we Jews and F.O.J.s eat latkes. Some of us think about latkes on and off during the year (especially my mom’s latkes). Some of us can’t wait all
Baked Goods, Cakes/Cupcakes, Desserts, Holidays, Snacks, Sweets, Vegetarian
Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Cinnamon Glaze
We took our Thanksgiving on the road this year. Celebrating the holiday and all that we are thankful for with my younger brother and niece and our kids. We rented a house in a pine
Baked Goods, Breakfast/Brunch, Eggs, French, Lunch, Pies and Tarts, Vegetable Dishes, Vegetarian
Black Rice Crust Quiche
Alan has great friends. I get to have Alan’s friend as my friends now by virtue of my association with Alan. Lucky me. Two of his friends invited us to their weekend house up in
I saw this really delicious sounding recipe and I cut it out of some newspaper somewhere and I put it in my purse and I’ve been toting it around ever since. Honestly it’s been so long that I
Baked Goods, Cakes/Cupcakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Snacks, Sweets, Vegetarian
Chocolate Sheath Cake – A Family Staple
I’ve been MIA from my blog for a bit. Overwhelmed with myriad family drama and upset. But I’m back. And I bring you today ….. my son’s all time favorite desert. And Lily Link’s favorite
I have written about this tart crust before but every time I need it I have to search wildly on Batch-33. It seems to be hidden in a section on Satsuma plums. This is really probably the
Do any of you know who Jim Dixon is? Not the Jim Dixon who arrived in Sydney as a convict in 1800 – given his freedom in 1803 – who became the first priest to say mass in the colony of New
It has been a slow, low canning season for me and my jamming, canning partner Sue Kaplan. But on Wednesday, I made some raspberry jam. I included lime and ginger. Great potential