What would you make if you had some really nice fresh apricots, ripe and fragrant and about the size of a tennis ball? How about ripe, sw...

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...

When you know that the birthday party for a dear friend will include his two grandsons, it makes sense to plan for a birthday cake. I d...

Raising your own chickens has become increasingly popular in our area. Sweetie has been there, done that and has the tee shirt, too, afte...

Long, long ago (well about 30 years ago or so) there was a little cafe in the tiny town of Forestville, CA. They apparently made all sort...

I'm not a huge fan of heat. I know that some folks like lots of hot, sunny weather, but I live in a fog belt for a reason. This week...

Since I have an excellent scale for weighing food ingredients, I love it when baking recipes give dry ingredients by weight. It is much ...

Although far too much time is being spent with tools and ripped out drywall these days, Sweetie and I do try to take the dog for walks al...

This morning I brought a lovely quick bread I'd baked to a meeting, so my worry about not baking during the project wasn't justif...

We've been saving scraps for Noodle lately. Fruit peels and broccoli ends and the occasional chicken bone, which he apparently thinks...

My darling daughter had a visitor from out of town over the weekend, so I didn't think we would see her. Imagine my delight when she ...

One of the delights each month is seeing what one of my fellow Bread Baking Babes, our Kitchen of the Month,  has come up with for us to ...

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...

The tulips are blooming, the apple trees are in bloom, and Sweetie did a lot of grass mowing today. It had gotten remarkably long. He dese...