I haven’t blogged since Easter except for a tribute to my son’s birthday. LIFE came at us fast the last 3 weeks. Sweeping across the country is winter bronchitis and flu and we didn’t dodge the bullet this year. Sadness struck our neighborhood as we lost our good friend and neighbor, Kevin, to the ugliness … 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
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
John 3:16 For God So Loved the World “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ESV As Christians all over the world are preparing to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Sunday, March 31, I am humbled by this opportunity … 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
From Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking With Julia, comes this recipe for that famous French pastry – croissants, even though France is not where croissants originated. This week’s recipe is actually two recipes. First, the making of croissant dough. Second, turning that dough into croissants. The contributing baker for this recipe is Esther McManus. Here is … Read more