Nature has given us the gift of a miraculous culinary ingredient. What would a cook do without eggs? It may well be the most versatile ingredient in the kitchen, and an almost perfect food. It’s everything in one little package – low in calories, high in protein, and contains calcium, iron, riboflavin, and vitamins A and D. Not […]
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Sweets from Southern Kitchens
While browsing through piles of cookbooks this past weekend at my favorite place for book sales, the Fremont Public Library, this darling little book caught my eye. It just looked like spring – the color of flowers and Easter eggs. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed when I noticed that it was a book about sweets from the South. […]
Tribute to a Great Man
Every home bread baker, cook, and the entire culinary world is mourning the passing of cookbook author Bernard Clayton, Jr. on March 28th. Bernard won numerous awards for his cookbooks, but he also won the hearts of many people by being a good man. I am so blessed to have known Bernard and his wife Marge. […]
Scones for Sunday
I recently received a delectable jar of homemade strawberry preserves from my friend Brett in Pennsylvania. The jar is almost empty. I have to fight my husband for it, but I warned him that he had better not eat the last of it! I love having a dollop of the preserves on Fage 0% Greek yogurt. […]
Saturday Recipe: My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
After I wrote yesterday’s blog about Hershey’s chocolate and my girls’ adventure at the Hershey Hotel, it made me want to make a batch of my favorite chocolate chip cookies. I have tried many recipes over the years, but now this is the only one I make. First of all, don’t change a thing in […]
The Land of Chocolate
This week, my daughters Kristina and Kara are enjoying a relaxing couple of days in America’s chocolate land – Hershey, Pennsylvania. This is one of the stops on their road trip East to settle Kara into her new place of residence for special job training near Washington, DC. Since Kara will be experiencing some intense training, they […]
Note to Self: Breathe in, Breathe Out…
No cookbooks today. My heart is breaking a little. I am saying good-bye to Kara very early this morning as she leaves for her new job and life near Washington, DC, joined by her best friend and sister, Kristina. My girls have that special sister bond, for which I am truly grateful. They are driving across half the country and […]
Let Them Eat (Extraordinary) Cake
My youngest daughter Kara is leaving tomorrow for a move to the Washington DC area, which means I had to find a cookbook about the White House. I have a few, mostly about First Ladies, but a lot of those recipes are rather old and boring. Not so in this book. Roland Mesnier, pastry chef to five presidents […]
