Had a lovely time in Redmond with the family last weekend. One of the fun things that I try to do each time with my high-school aged grand...

A recent breakfast that Sweetie and I shared. 

 Sometimes I don't have a recipe for you, just some info on what's current in my world. This post is one of them, so snow day for yo...

I don't know about you, but I love to find new recipes that I can almost taste just reading them. That happened when I saw this one for ...

 Happy Lunar New Year! It's the Year of the Snake, symbol of resilience and wisdom, so I wish you both. I recently joined a book club an...

 Back in November of 2014 I blogged about a local cheese producer who makes Portuguese cheese. The cows that give the milk for the cheese ar...

I'm so glad that I planted a Myer lemon shrub years ago. For a few years it lived in a large pot and did OK, but once I found a place fo...

 I have a dear friend who is a vegan. We recently had coffee and we were talking about baking. She said that she had tried a couple of recip...

Our neighbor down the road, Wally,  celebrates the Jewish holidays and Sweetie and I knew that this year was going to be hard for him since ...

 I'm often asked to bring dessert when we go to someone's home for dinner because my friends know that I love to bake and to share w...

I've loved a recipe for overnight waffles for ages...I even created a gingerbread variation . It was   based on a recipe from Mollie Kat...

  In our family we have a tradition of a big breakfast on Christmas morning (sorry, no photos this year), followed by snacking the rest of t...

Greetings of the Season to all of you, dear reader! We are now officially into the Winter Season since the Solstice has passed. The days wil...

One of the satisfying things about baking is that you know that you can make delicious treats to give away to family, friends and neighbors....