Our Share of the Harvest

One of my favorite cakes to make for a special birthday involves a cheesecake layer between two cake layers then dripping the whole thing in chocolate ganache.  For a friend’s October birthday, I used chocolate cake and pumpkin spice latte cheesecake; Greg is a peanut butter cup lover so his version has chocolate cake and [...]

We got snow in October.  OCTOBER!  And, since then, we’ve had just a small dusting.  Lucky for me, I happened to bake for this month’s challenge–a “snow day treat”–on the day we got that dusting.  It was cold and icy and even though I wasn’t the one who had to walk the dog, I wanted [...]

I hope everyone had a terrific and delicious Easter!! I’ve got an extra $34 in my pocket thanks to the cutthroat, take-no-prisoners, all-members Easter egg hunt that my grandparents host (and sponsor with cash and prizes).  I’ve also got 4 of my mom’s chicken salad sandwiches, a plateful of ham and sides from Greg’s mom [...]

I’ve been meaning to post this for over a month but bees and baby showers don’t exactly mingle well with Christmas posts so I got backlogged.  But I was too happy with this shower to let it slide by un-blogged. It was actually a “sprinkle” hosted in honor of the second baby of one of [...]

Fall tends to bring out the warm, mushy side of people.  It kicks off a whole season of coziness, getting together, celebration and giving thanks.  We mammals are hard-wired to seek out warmth during the fall but, unlike our ancestors, most of us have our heat controlled by a little box on the wall and [...]