A cherry pie routinely sat atop the counter that was created by the dishwasher.   The kitchen appliance that

Sausage and grapes...nothing new.  A simple Google search will get you hundreds if not thousands of results w

HEEELLLLOOOOOO!  Is there anyone out there still reading blogs, let alone this one?  A friend texted me rece

Biscuits and pies and scones have been flying out of my mom's kitchen these past few weekends.  I am bound an

I have had the fixings for this cake for nearly 2 weeks.  Which means it has probably been 3+.  Always add

Makes one loaf

When you are shopping for the ingredients necessary for this recipe - which if I had to guess ( based on wha

Tina Turner's voice is singing 'big wheel keep on turnin'.  These words my mantra since I made the decision.

Christmas is t minus NOT ENOUGH DAYS. The adult in me ( no matter how small an influence she has on my day to

  I have been up to some crazy. Let's start with the batch of apple pear butter, which is the recipe that I

Sound the bells and whistles, don the party hats, and prepare the confetti...Sara over at Cake over Steak (ch

Lately.... I spent/wasted more time trying to find black jeans.  This I believe is an impossible dream as EVE

Growing up - we had a plum tree in the backyard.  In the far northeast corner of the yard - bellied up next t

Remind me to never move south of the Mason Dixon line. Too hot, humid, and sticky for this gal.  Plus, I have

I remember it being late summer.  The kitchen cool ( it was always cool with a slight breeze coming through t

Zucchini Bread.... It is a basic.  A summer staple.  Late summer.  That time period that we are inching clo

A perk to being single and living alone? (small correction, I do have a new roommate)  Eating all the shrimp

I found myself making this cake twice in the period of 6 days.  I had my reasons ... if they were good and le

Have you been basketballing this weekend?  Fun fact...this weekend, the opening weekend of the NCAA basketbal

You guys, it is Monday again...I feel like I was just looking forward to a darn weekend and here it is over an

  I have a grapefruit curd for you this week.  And I so wish there was another word for curd besides, we

  We are on the cusp of entering into the year that Marty McFly visited in Back to the Future II.  Where

You guys. You guys!  It is the week of Christmas and I think.  I think I have my Christmas shopping complete

2 dozen cookies

I sit at the far end of a long table.  I make eye contact with the patron at the other end and simply ask if

I broke/exhausted a paper shredder.  A borrowed shredder, the kind that just sits over a trashcan and only s

  The first week in the new space proved to be a bit lacking in the food department.  The excuse being l

You guys!  I am moving. In the brick and mortar sense.  With boxes and packing tape.  Newspaper and bubble

I have this bad habit of adding too much garlic to the pesto.  It ends up being this process that much resemb

  Today we are talking cookbooks.  Our firsts and favorites. It is like first kisses and dates....but le

Does anyone control themselves at local farmer's markets and fruit stands along the highway or even in the fre

I sat there, gnawing away on perhaps the eighth or maybe twelfth slice of ricotta and goat cheese crostini wit

Some days...don't ya just need a down to earth, basic, no bells and whistles recipe where all the ingredients

if i were ever to come back in another life, which is what i think of each and every time i kill an ant - rein

let's eat cake!  who's with me? a cake that is quite versatile in the flavor department and can be quickly

gosh, i love pie. blueberry is my favorite. it beats out sweat cream by mere millimeters. i have been thinking