Author Archives: Amy Neiman

Autumn

I love the Fall. I also love Winter, Spring and Summer. They all have good things. Fall has a beautiful quality to the light – and the air feels thinner and cooler even on a hot day.

Brownies

These are the kind of brownies that always elicit the following comment “Your mom makes the BEST brownies.” I think they’re really great too however I cannot take credit for the recipe

Birthday Cake No. 2 And A Shout-Out To Mary Miller Wherever You Are!

So like I said in my last post – I made Nico TWO cakes for his birthday. The second one was this carrot cake. Very basic – most basic. No raisins. No currants. No pineapple.

And Then There Were The Rellenos

So, like I said, we were in Oregon, at Susy’s and Barry’s place on the Rogue River and they have this fabulous garden and I mean that – it’s truly fabulous and abundant and absolutely full of

Family BBQ

My big brother Eric is in town from Portland, Oregon – with his wife Annie and two of his three children. Also, my other brother-from-another-mother (my brother’s BFF), Danny is in town

A Pretty Thing – Satsuma Plums

My mom Ellen told me about the Satsuma Plums and the depth of their great inner beauty which seemed to elude us for jam making purposes. I wrote about that a week or so ago when