• feeling inspired

    - - It’s February 1st and I’ve been feeling inspired since the year began. With today’s storm, it’s a good time for me to catch up on all the delicious things I’ve been making. First of all, with Valentine’s...

  • vintage recipes for the new year

    - - - ​It’s a new year, but I’m finding recipes in my box that I can’t believe I haven’t shared with you! Many, many years ago I received a recipe card from The New York Times/Margrace Corp. for Chicken...

  • new year, new flavors

    - - I invited my son and daughter-in-law to dinner last weekend. After scanning the local food ads, I noticed Whole Foods had boneless pork loin on sale. Since I’m a food blogger, I’m always in search...

  • last two new ones for 2020

    - - I have a co-worker who is wary of baking with yeast. Perhaps she’s afraid of using too hot or too cold water or adding the yeast on top of salt thereby destroying the yeast enzymes. The other day,...

  • race to the finish

    - - I had good intentions of doing a post before Christmas giving you recipe ideas for holiday baking, appetizers and recipes that would make wonderful homemade gifts, but time slipped away from me....

  • new and interesting

    - - ​Recently I was watching Milk Street Kitchen on public television and Christopher Kimball watched as a member of the cooking staff prepared Spanish Almond Cake. The cake sounded delicious, and, by...