My dear friend, Shari invited us to her house for dinner and I offered to make dessert. All week, I wanted to bring a special dessert and wanted to bring one that was so “Shari”… Luscious and sweet with a hint of rum! I found all that in this recipe. I’m not a big fan [...]

It’s a celebratory weekend and I thought I’d serve up the day with something sweet, bright, tart and colorful… Key Lime Cupcakes! I’m celebrating my oldest daughter’s visit. I haven’t seen her since October and we have some celebrating to make up for since I couldn’t see her at Thanksgiving or Christmas. We exchanged presents [...]

Impromptu. Impromptu dessert. Impromptu blog post. It was Saturday afternoon and we had plans with friends for an early dinner. I’m standing in the produce aisle with Hubby and said “Hey, let’s do dessert at our house!” He certainly didn’t argue with that and when I asked what should I make, he pointed to the [...]

It’s Thanksgiving Eve and I had all the best intentions of sharing some of my favorite holiday recipes with you. Sometimes life hands you a curve ball and after all these years, I have learned to go with the flow and not beat myself up over what I could have done or should have done… [...]

I don’t have a Grandma Ople. I don’t even know who Grandma Ople is…but apparently she makes a hell of a pie! You see, this morning I went out searching for the “perfect” apple pie. I like to do that…surf the web, visiting some of my favorite foodie sites while discovering new ones…all boasting to [...]

I’m sending you just a bit of sweetness before I go. Easy, delicious sweetness… I’m frantically getting ready for my cooking class tonight and immediately afterward, I pack to catch a very early plane tomorrow to catch my own bit of sweetness… A trip to see my daughters! My oldest is in Colorado and she [...]

This is by far the ultimate iced coffee… Coffee Granita. It’s elegant and pretty on your table… Sweet and light… and easy to make! A perfect ending to a dinner party. But let’s start at the beginning. This is recipe number two of my recipe submissions for the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program with Godiva Coffee. I [...]

I’m going to tell you upfront that I have had a ‘sucky’ day. We woke up to 2 inches of water in our basement…in our new home… Good news is that all the photos from the past twenty years were salvaged. The day was filled with mops, rags, papers towels and phone calls to insurance [...]

What do you do when it gets hot? Go SHOPPING! Air conditioned stores…no sweat…and a great excuse to buy things! This weekend Hubby and I went to the mall and gravitated toward one of my favorite stores, Williams Sonoma. I was in the baking section and admiring this cute little pocket pie mold. After I [...]

It’s Mom’s birthday. What do you get a woman who’s suffering with dementia? Material gifts just don’t matter anymore. I wanted to give her something that was a gift for her senses… and her memory. Pineapple Upside Down Cake Of course! She made that for us countless time growing up. It’s so pretty. Caramelized goodness. [...]