How can it be the last day of August already?  The last few months flew by, with me hobbling around with what I was told was gout, but tests...

We made these mini-pavlovas on Valentine's Day, in part because they are gluten-free, so Izzie can be part of the dess...

A sunny, beautiful day again after a few very chilly mornings and finally, a freeze.  The household has been battling revolvi...

My wits have not quite settled down living in this new city, so coming up with a new recipe post has been evading me lately.  Today I fell ...

Oh, how the moving continues!  The house is full of boxes - one corner is books, lots and lots of books, that no longer se...

We have heaps and heaps of snow outside -14 inches when I measured yesterday, but of course there are drifts and mountains more from shoveli...

Novemberrrrr.  As in brrrr.  We have had one morning with hard frost on the ground - and the windshield, and another with a co...

Happy November!  To celebrate, Mother Nature is sending us another nor'easter in the next day or so, and I heard the *snow...

Yesterday morning I was circling the kitchen, trying to decide what to do with the bowl of apples from the orchard up the hill. ...

Of course, Julia does not have a strawberry clafouti in Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Vol. 1), but berries or cherries both suit them...

I woke up this morning just after a summer rainstorm had passed through  -  the morning breeze was cool and fresh :  per...

Snow again, but this time a pretty, not-too-serious snowfall, with huge snowflakes covering the icy driveway.  If you don...