salted sugared spiced™

As the month of August ends, apple season begins. A much welcome sign foreshadowing the arrival of fall and the return of applesauce making ...

  Two weeks ago I had my very first bake sale! The motivation for having the bake sale was to raise money for PAWS, my nephew's marathon...

  While channeling my inner Ansel Adams I took a black and white photo of myself with the Tetons in the background. Little did I know this r...

Once the dog days of summer arrive here in the midwest, I make an attempt to avoid making anything requiring a long cooking time in a hot ov...

Every now and then I surprise myself. While I am almost always happy with how a new recipe turns out, there have only been a few times when ...

  "When someone cooks for you, they are saying something. They are telling you about themselves: where they come from, who they are, wh...