Hitting Your Sweet Spot in 2016
It’s the first weekend of the New Year (OK, not officially, but last weekend was still vacation mode in our house!), and this has definitely been a week of reflection for me. I do not…
It’s the first weekend of the New Year (OK, not officially, but last weekend was still vacation mode in our house!), and this has definitely been a week of reflection for me. I do not…
I will never forget the dinner we had with good friends one December several years back. Our children were young, and the magic of Christmas was palpable as they ran around the house so excited…
Whether you intend to bake enough for a small army, or you just want a plate for Santa on Christmas Eve, I will be posting all my tried and true favorites in the coming weeks.…
I love to give cookies at Christmas. From your child’s teachers and coaches, to neighbors and friends alike, a tin of cookies is a gift of the heart. And while many of my kids had…
In honor of Black Friday, and my firm belief in avoiding throngs of shoppers at all costs, I am posting a list of great gift ideas for all the bakers in your life. I feel…
When I first began this blog my intention was to post a new recipe about once a week, and with that in mind I began planning out what to post and when. But you know…
My Granny was a baking diva, and she taught me almost everything she knew. But, unfortunately, there was one thing she just simply couldn’t get me to catch on to…pie crust! Believe me she tried,…
The weather here is finally starting to feel like fall, and with bathing suit season well past and a few blissful months before New Years resolutions, it is the perfect time to bake some biscuits.…
A few years ago my friend and I went to Baking Arts in San Francisco to take a holiday cookie class. I have adapted their shortbread recipe for these lovely lemon cookies, a special treat any time…
Have you ever noticed how the best recipes look like they have been through the ringer? When I look through my Granny’s recipe file, I know I had better try anything that is dog eared…