Are you a fan of “Dancing with the Stars?” The new cast was announced this week, which reminded me that I have two dancer cookie cutters, found at a kitchen store in Sonoma last summer. I still haven’t decided if I will watch this season, but I love the cookie cutters! Here’s the full list […]
Bake-Off # 42: Baked Chicken and Spinach Stuffing
When someone is a great cook, many times the person has learned the way around a kitchen from their mother. In the case of Anna Ginsberg, million dollar winner of Bake-Off # 42, this was not to be. Anna’s mother, “who couldn’t cook at all and had no desire,” says Anna, still encouraged her daughter to […]
A New Morning Ritual
I never thought I would become a coffee drinker; it’s always been tea. Hot tea, iced tea, flavored tea, any tea. I even have a favorite tea cup that I always use. When my husband Bill traveled to Taiwan for a business trip many years ago, he bought me a beautiful box of various teas. However, I […]
Hit by the "Saskatchewan Screamer"
No, it’s not the name of a Canadian rock band, it’s the snow system that “screams along” from our neighbors up North and leaves us with this beautiful, peaceful snow, which happened this past weekend, even though it is now starting to melt. But we finally got some snow! Oh, come on, you know it’s beautiful, even if it […]
Time for the Oscars and some Munchies!
I love the Academy Awards! Try these great little munchies, which will be a nice change from popcorn, and just enough for two. So pull up a blanket, snuggle up, and stay inside to watch the Oscars tonight. Who do you think will win? Spiced Walnuts 1-1/2 cups walnut halves1/2 cup sugar1/4 cup water1/2 teaspoon […]
Pork for Dinner
I feel like something pork for dinner tonight. How about pork schnitzel – a classic cousin of wiener schnitzel! Pork Schnitzel 2 eggs2 Tablespoons all purpose flour2 Tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese2 Tablespoons minced fresh parsley1/2 cup milkSalt, to tasteFreshly ground white pepper, to tasteFreshly grated nutmeg, to taste1 small pork tenderloin, trimmed (about 2 […]
A Better Chip for Snacking
After posting a recipe for chicken stuffed with kale last week, I got a craving for some more kale, but this time in the form of chips. If you have not had the pleasure of tasting this trendy treat, then now is the time! Kale chips are just as crunchy and satisfying as potato chips, but with all kinds […]
Bake-Off # 41: Oats ‘n Honey Granola Pie
Good thing Suzanne Conrad doesn’t make a good apple pie, because that’s how the million dollar “Oats ‘n Honey Granola Pie” was born. Suzanne, a children’s librarian from Findley, Ohio, describes her apple pie as “terrible,” and “always a disaster.” It took only a week to perfect her Bake-Off winner. Suzanne’s husband, Mike, an emergency medical services pilot, took her experiments to work […]
