Good beautiful day! I hope you're enjoying this lovely holiday weekend. Here, our lilacs are still blooming after two weeks, thanks to c...

Rain, cold, rain, pollen, mist , scattered showers. Is it any wonder I woke up with a fierce hankering for chocolate? Forget the toasted pec...

Three delightful pots of bulbs arrived for Mother's Day : one is blooming, one is almost blooming, and the daffodils are sulking about a...

Forgive, please, the long silences lately - it has been a crazy-busy Spring, and I've often found myself making many, many recipes that ...

Puttering around in the kitchen on a rainy morning, making focaccia and pizza dough and setting out little dishes of toppings, and rememberi...

Hurray for Spring! When a friend offered me some fresh chives from her garden, I showed up the next morning with scissors in hand. My own pi...

Last week, a friend handed me an undistinguished cookie - it's the sort of cookie one would have made on a commune in the old da...