A lifetimes fascination with food somehow led to importing pottery from Europe. Initially we marketed through home parties. During our first Christmas season we realized people were looking for gifts rather than items for themselves so we decided to make our bowls and cups into baskets by going back into the kitchen. After filling them with gourmet goodies we made ourselves, the phone never stopped ringing with people looking for more.
I love pie. Sweet, savory, any kind. Pie says and does it all. Pull together all of your cravings and make a pie. This recipe was pulled together from trial and error and a couple tips from America's Test Kitchen. Where we came to...
My first encounter with Orange Vanilla Sugar was at the Hotel Maria Delordes in Cancun, Mexico. Apparently, this very old Inn had a long history of serving English Vacationers and had long ago instituted an afternoon High Tea. Afte...
During our College Days in Washington, DC, my friend Alexis and I would treat our selves to breakfast the morning after an all night study session. We became connoisseurs of such southern favorites as "Scrapple" & "Grits" and on each ou...
It is April and I am dreaming of pumpkin. Pumpkin Pie to be precise. Crazy I know, but those orange balls are more than mere jack-o-lanterns to me. I always freeze as much as I possibly can to enjoy year round. When I was enjoying t...
Long ago I made a chocolate cake that moved me. I have thought about it often. Yet there it sat in my draft folder awaiting I don't know what. Then along came an e-mail from Joy the Baker about the Sunday Panics. She made ...
When I started out with Dorie Greenspan's recipe for Saint-Germain-des-Prés biscuits I thought, oh, it's just a biscuit with a fancy name and a bit of onion, big deal.... I know nothing.
The place where french cafe culture came to l...
Since I listened to a Splendid Table podcast last year about No Kneed Bread I have been trying to master it. The interview was with Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes Fame (below). I had been playing aro...
Best-Ever? Best ever, really? It takes a lot of chutzpah to make that kind of statement. This recipe is not just about chocolate, it is about technique. I always thought a bit of flour, some more sugar, cocoa, chocolate bits, eggs a...
Every year at Christmas my grandmother would make her own Danish butter cookies. I would always rush through dinner so I could enjoy her melt-in-your mouth desserts. One Christmas I asked her for the recipe so I would not have to wai...
Apple Pie is a big deal around my house. My grandmother, Rocci was famous for hers. I have spent a life time trying to find my own niche and garner a two thumbs up from her biggest fan and my father. At christmas I considered making ...