I’ve been pretty curious about rhubarb for a couple of years but weirdly intimidated by it. It’s not an ingredient that either my mother or grandmother ever used when I was growing up.
Category Archives: Desserts
You would think that for May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, I would cook and write about Mexican food – that’s what I did last year. Nope. Not this year. This year I’m writing about chocolate cookies.
Baked Foods, Baked Goods, Chocolate, Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, Sweets
More Beautiful Family And Family Of Family And Cocoa Nibs And Sea Salt
My husband always tells me that he has no family (except his kids and us). I’ve written about this before. I can’t figure out if he really believes it or if he’s looking for sympathy or what the
I was looking for an interesting chocolate chip cookie recipe. Not that there’s anything wrong with the Toll House recipe but I wanted something different. Maybe even something ‘better.’
Baked Goods, Desserts, French, Fruit, Pies and Tarts, Vegetarian
French Apple Tart And More Lost Family
I think it was a little gutsy making a “French Apple Tart” just three days after Alex returned from a month-long trip to France…. That would be Paris, France. I know. I know. I know.
This cookie was billed as “Divine gluten free chocolate cookies. No seriously.” I have to be honest with my readers… I think that is an exaggeration. They’re good – really but they’re not
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
Cakes/Cupcakes, Desserts, Snacks, Vegetarian
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.
It was Nico’s birthday and he came home from San Francisco to celebrate with his folks. They (Pablo and Mary) invited us to celebrate with them. I said I’d make the cake (I love making cake) and so I did.
We just got back from a vacation to Oregon. Wow. It was perfect and I’m telling you – those Oregonians […]