plums!

     It is good to know people with fruit trees. I, for example, am lovingly raising two fig trees and a dwarf pomegranate on my property. In a couple of years, I will be a ...

the Nuts and Berries Cake

A dear, dear friend from way back when and way down south asked me to bake a cake for her baby shower that she held this last Saturday. About a zillion years ago she and ...

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and -

A required component of my culinary education was a class titled Flavors of the World. The Chef-Instructor was of the mad scientist variety, seemingly unflappable and unamusable. The class had a reputation among students ...