Valentine's Day is always a bit of a challenge, coming as it does the day after my birthday. This year Sweetie requested a pie or tart ...

Sometimes things don't work out the way you have planned. While making the mid-August  layer cake, the buttercream became contaminate...

Apparently the French like our Toll House chocolate chip cookies but in creating their own version, Parisian bistro owner Edouard Bobin p...

When Dorie Greenspan's wonderful cookbook Baking; from my home to yours came on the scene it soon generated rave reviews and its own ...

One of the many things I love about Dorie Greenspan's recipes is that she often includes a sidebar with suggestions for changes one c...

I am ridiculously spoiled, and I admit it. Because we have a local farmer who plants different varieties of strawberries, including late ...

Apples are one of the joys of the fall. Sweet or tart, crisp and juicy, red, green, yellow and pink, apples might just be the perfect food....

Being in the midst of berry season is a great place to be. Prices at the stores are reasonable, the blackberries in the lower field and by ...

If I lived in Paris I would undoubtedly purchase my fine sweets and pastries at a patisserie , but I would apparently feel that it is OK to...

A while back I made the Espresso-Chocolate Shortbread cookies found in Dorie Greenspan's wonderful baking book called Baking: from my h...

It's come to this. The only things that are comfortable to eat have to be the consistency of pudding. As the happy owner of Dorie Green...

When Diana Salier contacted me to ask if I’d like to try some POM Wonderful pomegranate juice and blog about the results, it was easy to sa...

Last time I was at the local store that carries a gazillion variations of Bundt cake pans, I saw one with a pattern that has lots of stars....

Sorry to be so secretive, but I did want to surprise Natasha and XHP yesterday and Natasha reads this blog all the time. The cookies that w...