Whoa! As soon as I think I have my cooking, my blog and kitchen under control – I get blindsided by another challenge. Thank goodness I love challenges but this time I’m heading down an alley I know nothing about. Gluten free cooking. That’s right, my youngest daughter who is living with us while she […]
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Today is a melancholy day – this week would have been Nonnie’s birthday. Two years ago, Nonnie left us for a better place. It was her time and she left behind warm memories and a large footprint on everyone’s life. Nonnie was my girls’ Jewish grandmother always making traditional Jewish foods like mandel bread, matzo ball […]
Summer was slipping through our fingers this weekend and I realized that I had not made one pie! What the heck have I been doing? With the rainy weekend cancelling our cookout plans, we opted for a dinner out with good friends with dessert afterwards at our house. I had no problem deciding what to […]
Change is in the air. Evenings are cooler. Sun sets earlier. And many folks are preparing for back to school. I’m melancholy today as I think how quickly the seasons change. I love and welcome fall – but what happened to summer? I feel cheated. Most of this summer was too hot and with school […]
We’re having a family barbeque today in celebration of my daughter being home. I always like to surprise my family with a recipe from our past and this time, I decided to make our Aunty Kay’s coconut squares! My Aunty Kay is my godmother and was always our ‘cool’ Aunt. She worked as a waitress […]
Tonight I bring you a simple slice of simplicity. Sometimes it doesn’t need to complex or complicated. My daughter is in town – a trip she only can make once a year and I want to spend as much time as I can with her. I also want to treat her to home cooking and […]
Who doesn’t like chocolate chip cookies? I long for the days when I would eat them as fast as I can scoop the gooey morsels off the hot pan. One…then two…three… and beyond that, I would never admit to how many. I stopped making them years ago because of my inability to stop reasonably. It’s […]
I’m having a hard time starting this post… Hubby is sitting next to me moaning between bites… “This bread is killer…this bread is evil…I could eat the whole thing right now…this is the best thing you’ve ever made” See what I mean? He’s so distracting sometimes! Truth is – this bread IS killer and it […]
This weekend, we had friends over for a night of food, laughter and dessert! I already had Cherry Coke Cupcakes for a fun summertime dessert but needed something non-chocolate. I asked Hubby what to make with them? He shouted out “Lemon Bars! I love Lemon Bars!” How can I argue with that? Lemon Bars it is. But […]
The night is young, the skies are clear So if you want to go walking, dear, It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de-lovely. I understand the reason why You’re sentimental, ’cause so am I, It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de-lovely. You can tell at a glance What a swell night this is for romance… These cupcakes […]