Easter is only a short while away and Johanna at The Passionate Cook invites us to blog about Easter, Easter baskets, Spring, Passover an...

If you see Red Velvet Cake in a number of places on blogs today don't be surprised. The Daring Bakers are at it again. After conquering,...

Last month I met Anna for the first time at La Dolce V in Sebastopol . This month we met in San Rafael, in Marin County, at Hatam Restaurant...

March 17th. It's a proud day for the Irish is it not? Since I'm half Irish, I get to really enjoy St. Patrick's Day. Corned beef...

Even though cheesecake is one of Sweetie's favorite desserts, I only bake one about once a year. It's not that I don't enjoy c...

Controversy seems to be as perennial in Cotati, California as the mustard in the vineyards in the early spring. The co-owner of one of our ...

After a week of too many things to do in not enough time, fulfilling in the end, but exhausting, it was a pleasure to go into the kitchen to...

How I love turkey! Turkey is one of my favorite foods. Right up there with chocolate. Roast turkey is a pretty healthy food, especially if y...

We are enjoying typical northern California weather; cool, wet, and windy. Somehow that sort of combination makes me want to bake, but somet...

There are days to go wild in the kitchen and make all manner of complicated dishes, to bake angel food cake or croissants (many days), to ma...

It would have been nice to have a Velentine's day that included some seduction, but Sweetie had minor surgery in the morning, so we spen...

There is something exciting, but slightly nervous making, about meeting someone in preson whom you've only 'met' via the interne...

This is the day to treasure those who make a positive impact in your life and a day to let them know that they do. Traditionally it's a ...