Pear Upside Down Cake Lisa was right. She and I have been subscribing to the same fruit CSA (Frog Hollow Farms CSA) since early September. Each week, with our 5 pound box of perfectly ripe, organic and local fruit, we receive a recipe for a delightful dessert using the fruit. I tend to avoid these, [...]
In my mind, no party is complete without a Bundt cake. Really. They are that special. And Bundt has a fun kitchen gadget that makes the cakes even that much better. The Nordic Ware Tunnel of Bundt, aka, Bundt Tunnel! The Bundt Tunnel is a handy tool that allows you to bake in a tunnel [...]
My grandparent’s farm was in Southern California, east of San Diego. The side of their property, or maybe it was the next farm over, was filled with avocado trees, a giant orchard. Unfortunately, my palate was not advanced enough at age 5 to take advantage of all those avocados, but fortunately, as I matured, so [...]
In my “Big Clean” last week, I unearthed several recipes I had clipped and meant to try. One of them was from Sunset Magazine, make your own frozen yogurt. And in the back of my fridge was a container of Fage I bought at CostCo a couple weeks ago – perfect! Frozen Yogurt 1 32-ounce [...]
Summer is here! And I can see peaches at our local farmer’s market. Life is once again good. I found this old recipe in my box, from my paternal Grandmother. It was typed on a small sheet of writing paper on my Grandmother’s typewriter, which wrote everything in cursive. And the date is August 1971, [...]
With 3 major family celebrations in the third week of April in our house, it seemed as though each day last week brought a new dessert treat. Each was personal and special, depending on the celebrator (is that a word?). My daughter’s birthday cake was made out of cupcakes and featured a bouncy-ball motif [...]
My mother’s favorite thing in the whole world was lemon curd, spread on toast or just eaten by the spoonful. I am sure if she had tried lemon cream, she would have added that to her list of favorites. And in my Baking, From My Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan, we are introduced [...]
Through the Ultimate Blog Party, I met Joy of Joy of Desserts, another Northern California food blogger who has a weekly Vintage Recipe roundup. When I started this blog, I had wanted to use it as a place to capture old family recipes, but after a year, I have not quite got around to [...]
Today’s Tuesdays with Dorie challenge was posed by Shari of Whisk: a food blog. And since I had never made Floating Islands (nor tasted them!) I thought this would be a good, educational challenge for me. I could test my recipe reading skills. I could follow directions. It would be good. Alas, my Floating Islands [...]
Gee, I guess after two weeks of posting something other than cookies on Cookie Thursday, I might have to change the title. Maybe. Not this week. Anywho, last week was my son’s half birthday at school. Oh, you must remember from when you were in school. Those children whose birthdays landed during summer vacation never [...]
It is rainy outside as I type this, and today, instead of cookies, brownies sounded like the right treat. I read a fun post yesterday on the Cutting Edge of Ordinary – Lisa had just picked up two new kitchen gadgets from Jo-Ann’s Fabrics, both useful for cutting brownies. I have been waiting to try [...]
