Darrell and I watched a skunk lumbering around the yard from our kitchen window earlier this week. I grabbed my camera and headed out the back door certain that I Continue Reading →
The Genesee Country Museum’s Baking with Maple contest is officially over for 2014. I was up at 6:00 this morning getting my Maple Ribbon Cake ready and decided, on Continue Reading →
If you’ve never made crackers before, you’ll want to give these a try! Crackers are easy, cost pennies to make, and give you control over your ingredients. Kids will love Continue Reading →
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We had a busy few days prior to the blizzard with Darrell intent on getting taps in for syrup season (on the off chance the sap might start flowing). Happily, Continue Reading →
You may have to go out and buy a few ingredients to make this loaf. Consider it a mid-winter adventure exploring the aisles of your local grocery store. You know Continue Reading →
I decided this week that I needed to make a hearty bread. It has, after all, been one of the longest, coldest, snowiest winters that I can remember (since my Continue Reading →
Limpa refers to a rye bread made with molasses or sugar. Swedish limpa bread also includes some aromatic spices like orange peel and anise seeds. We loved it as toast Continue Reading →
I first heard about Swedish limpa bread while I was reading through the reader comments on my own blog! Limpa bread? Even though I had no idea what kind of Continue Reading →
My friend, Sandie, Facebooked me a recipe for a Sicilian fig cake. In the course of our friendship we had discovered that our families had both emigrated to America Continue Reading →
When I was growing up, it took only 49 cents each Christmas to please my mother. She loved those cheap boxes of chocolate covered cherries that flooded the shelves Continue Reading →