After our recent days of Indian Summer - three days in a row of temperatures in the mid to upper 90s!...we dropped 30 degrees day before ye...

In the middle of the week for each of the last three or four weeks we've had a heat wave. Even the days that are not super hot aren...

Inspiration comes from different places, and when it comes to cooking and baking that can include meals eaten at other's homes or in ...

The Bread Baking Babes were given an unusual challenge for April by Baking Soda (Karen) of our Kitchen of the Month, Bake My Day . We wer...

We are finally getting some autumn rain, which is a true blessing considering that we have been short on rain for at least four years now...

It's true that I get revved up thinking about making new recipes, especially the ones that the Bread Baking Babes and Cake Slice Bake...

It's the 16th again...time for the Bread Baking Babes to reveal the October bread. This month we were treated by Katie of Thyme for ...

Last spring we pulled into the driveway and stopped for the mail from the box by the road. An intense humming sound drew my attention tow...

When warm weather hits like it has this weekend, it's nice to be able to turn to a fairly quick and easy and filling pasta salad to s...

I've never been a big fan of fresh green beans, unless they are super slim and small. I think that the larger, older beans must deve...

There is a sense of mystery about something forbidden...and a challenge, too. I felt that way upon discovering black forbidden rice, a gor...

It must be strong flavors month. The phenomenal garlic bread that the Bread Baking Babes baked this month was such a treat that when I saw ...

Most of my adult life I've been an explorer of sorts, almost always ready to try something new, to learn a new skill, read a new book, ...