When I was growing up, during the cold seasons, each mother, grandmother, aunt or whoever the household’s baker was, did the pumpkin squares on heavy rotation. For those of you…
Christmas Eve this year was slow, family spent, fun and endearing. I didn’t take a single photo throughout the whole thing, I just enjoyed it as it went. I did manage…
Cake is joy! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I love to make cakes and I enjoy eating them as well. And it gives me great pleasure to bake a cake…
As I was setting out to make this cake yesterday, I distinctly remember having this thought: “Thank God it’s always someone’s birthday and I get the perfect excuse to bake a…
I seriously cannot get enough of these plums. I mean, they’re in season, they’re really nice and ripe right now and you know, if life gives you plums, I think…
There’s a chill in the air that will have you know Summer is slowly making its exit. That and the fact that apples are starting to ripe. It’s been a…
It’s become sort of a ritual of mine: every year, before we leave on Summer vacation I like to have some of our closest friends over and cook a big…
Sunglass Curator turned three this year! To celebrate this occasion they threw a lovely evening garden party and asked me to help out with the food and much to my delight,…
“The chief pleasure in eating does not consist in costly seasoning, or exquisite flavour, but in yourself.” Horace (65-8 B.C.) Roman lyric poet. Oh, how much truth this quote from…
This post starts with polenta. Actually, in our culture, many things kind of start with polenta. Polenta is made out of cornmeal, water and a little bit of salt; it…
