Our Share of the Harvest

My grandparents are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this year–SIXTY YEARS of marriage!!  That makes my recent 2nd anniversary with Greg seem like the beginning of a very long road–one that apparently includes lots of cake. Our wedding cake was absolutely beautiful–six separate rounds on a cake stand Greg made himself and each of those [...]

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 come from the kind of place where ladies enter their baked goods into the County Fair or the Community Show, hoping for the blue ribbon and bragging rights among all the other ladies.  One of the most wonderful blue-ribbon baked goods I remember from my childhood is my grandmother’s caramel cake.  It’s a basically [...]

The last of the dessert buffet posts!  And though this was the centerpiece, all the cupcakes displayed on three tiers of cake stands, it was one of the easiest to make.  I wanted something light and celebratory and wanted to include champagne in the cake or frosting–it’s an engagement party, after all.  Luckily, Annie’s Eats [...]

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 [...]