Nov 3, 2020Election Day PieNovember the third, the sun's in the sky There's a nip in the air, spirits are high. Halloween stuff is stashed, The house needs a...
Apr 3, 2020Chocolate cake. Because it's FridayNancy Thomas, the Yorktown folk artist who also wrote a lovely cookbook a while back, noted that she loved to paint cakes because she...
Apr 10, 2019Spring.It's an exciting week in April, with weeds to pull, mulch to spread, meals to plan, and Holy Week ahead and the anticipation of children...
Mar 26, 2019Baking genes & role modelsThe pie crust recipe I pass along to new bakers is the same one I learned from my Mom many moons ago. It's the original one that was...
Mar 20, 2019What's the buzz?Lemons! Lots of lemons. And the busy bees are doing their job to pollinate the most blossoms I have ever had on my humble Meyer lemon...
Mar 2, 2019spring blossomsIt's an exciting time of year when your fruit trees show that they survived the winter and start sprouting fragrant blossoms. This was a...