One of my favorite cookbooks is The Cheese Lover’s Cookbook and Guide by Paula Lambert, owner of the Mozzarella Company based out of Dallas, TX. Paula includes many recipes using goat cheese. One that particularly caught my eye was for a Lemon Goat Cheese Tart. If you are a new reader, then you probably don’t […]

Sorry for the lack of posts. I finally got a new computer mouse and hopefully have figured out why my computer is having a hard time uploading photos, etc. Here’s my attempt at our meals for today. Maybe I’ll be able to do this the whole week. And then I’ll try for a month! Happy […]

This Chocolate Hazelnut Nutcracker Cake recipe comes from the book, Sky High: Irresistible Three-Layer Cakes by Alisa Huntsman. Every cake I’ve made from that book has been incredible! The basic cake structure is a foam (or chiffon) cake with goodies added in – graham cracker crumbs, tons of finely chopped hazelnuts, grated chocolate, and pumpkin […]

Lemon Bars aren’t exactly Holiday fare, are they? But maybe they should be. Last weekend we had a family party at our house and I made a trio of cookies for dessert: Peppermint Bark Brownies (watch for the how-to sometime this week), Cranberry Bars (quite possibly the best bar cookie EVER), and Lemon Bars. (There […]

  This pie…there are almost no words adequate to describe how wonderful it is. Dorie Greenspan calls this pumpkin pecan pie a “Twofer” Pie. Basically it’s pumpkin pie and pecan pie rolled into one. And it is genius! The pie consists of a buttery crust, followed by a a layer of thick, rich pumpkin pie […]

(Please visit Iheartfood4thought for the recipe. Great choice, Clara!) Last Tuesday as I was reading Tartelette’s post about her Bittersweet Chocolate and Cardamom Cupcakes, I knew I was going to add cardamom to my Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes for TWD. I have fallen head over heels in love with cardamom this past year and could add a […]

I usually turn up my nose at biscotti.  It’s never been my favorite cookie.  But as I was looking at the recipe for Lenox Almond Biscotti, I thought of the sliced almonds and almond extract.  I like those. And then I thought about dried apricots. I like those, too. Together they were going to change […]

In my front yard, off to the side, there is a lovely little plum tree.  Where our house stands now, there used to be an orchard.  Our landlady lives behind us in a new house and we live in the older house that she grew up in.  The yard was filled with fruit trees.  Only […]