I don’t remember eating anything “blackberry” when I was a kid. I asked my sous-chef dish washing mom if my memory serves me right. She agreed that in western Nebraska we just didn’t have blackberries available to us fresh and she rarely bought them canned. On-the-other-hand my Chief Culinary Consultant grew up eating blackberries right … Read more
It’s Tuesdays With Dorie — where a whole bunch of bakers around the world all bake the same recipe from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking With Julia and then blog the results. Today we are featuring Madeleines. The Madeleine (french pronunciation: [mad.lɛn], English /ˈmædleɪn/ is a traditional small cake from the Lorraine region in northeastern France. I … Read more
Easter is Sunday and you may have planned your dinner menu for weeks. Or then again you may be surprised that it is here already! I saw this dessert on Facebook and I have made a similar version many times. It is so quick and easy I decided to share it now if you are … Read more
Do you serve an appetizer before Easter dinner? I never do because there is so much other food and I hate to get full before the feast even begins! (Also because I have NO will power!) If you are looking for an appetizer check HERE in my RECIPE file and you will find a list … Read more
Going to the hair dresser’s is an event for us. My sous-chef dish-washing mom has hair that grows at an alarming rate. Many people envy her beautiful thick silver hair. To her it just means getting it cut every three weeks! We have two friends that live in nearby towns and they also go to … Read more
Cookies are not my “thing”. Mostly because they just never turn out that well. You know, soft and chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside. So when, Tuesdays With Dorie baking group chose Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies for this week’s recipe I thought, “yawn.” Then there are the ingredients … apricots (not my … Read more