Even though the daytime temperatures are still creeping into the low 80’s it is during the night these little mums are making their beauty known. As the night time temps dip to the 50’s it is a clear signal to the fall plants — time to bloom! They have patiently waited through the drought and … Read more
If you have been with me very long you will know I LOVE baking bread! You will also know that every-other-Tuesday I join about 400+ bakers around the world as we are baking our way through Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking With Julia. So when Whole Wheat Loaves came up as our next Tuesdays With Dorie … Read more
I made my first pie when I was a teenager. I knew my mom particularly liked pie of all kinds. Mom was a full-time Registered Nurse besides being mom to four fairly rambunctious kids and while she had dinner on the table every night, dessert like pie was a luxury her time could rarely afford. … Read more
PSSSSST…Please don’t tell my sous-chef dish-washing mom, but the Chief gardener just brought in MORE tomatoes. Yikes! I’m pretty sure I told her last week that we are done with tomatoes for this year …. Lucky for us we have fallen in love with tomato galette. Galette is a term used in the French cuisine … Read more
End of the week, beginning of the month! Happy September! Got apples? I’ve got gallons and gallons. A few apple recipes will be coming your way!! You can PRINT the recipe for Autumn’s Caramel Apple Crisp from my Tasty Kitchen Recipe Box. Yum! I had such a good laugh this week that I just have … Read more
Last September when I received my copy of Southern Living magazine, the cover photo was their Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake. I loved the look of the cake and any fresh apple cake sounds wonderful to me. However, I was on my way to cruise the northern Atlantic for my 20th wedding anniversary and the … Read more