Did I mention that I have been baking? I am starting to feel like I might be a little sick from all the dough, the sugar and the chocolate. Oh well, these are the sacrifices one has to make all in the name of Christmas. In the last few days I have made 5 different…
As I said yesterday I am baking up a storm, in addition to that I am making candies and chocolates; caramel corn sort of falls in the middle. This is a great little gift to include with your cookie trays, send to kids at college or anyone that likes popcorn or caramel corn. This recipe comes from a…
I make these cookie all the time, not just at the holidays. Rugelach, which literally means “little twists” in Yiddish, has Jewish Ashkenazic (Polish) origins. They are little rolled cookies with all sorts of filling, from nuts, to preserves, to chocolate and any other combination that you like. Traditionally, the dough in Europe is made with yeast,…
As with every visit to Paris I always go to Notre Dame, to take in the flying buttresses, the rose window, the beautiful garden, and the history that seeps from the walls and envelopes your senses with the tinge of incense. Christmas is especially beautiful in this almost 850 year old Cathedral because each year the creche…
This recipe contains two of my favorite ingredients, chocolate and pumpkin. I confess was a little skeptical of trying this recipe because I LOVE, LOVE. LOVE, pumpkin pie! I thought why mess with perfection, or at least perfection to me. The recipe was featured on the new talk show with Mario Batali and Daphne Oz, Michael Symons,…
“OK, here’s the Thanksgiving Menu so far; apple pie, pumpkin pie, blueberry tart, and ice cream roll. What am I missing? CAKE! We need a cake.” Grace Adler on Will and Grace Anyone who has read my blog for even a few days knows that I love to bake and I really like, no make…
I do not know about your neck of the woods but here the weather goes from hot chocolate and soup weather to margarita and barbecue weather in one day. Today it is soup weather and I made this different but delicious soup while I try to get into the mode of Thanksgiving. As much as I like…
I had the best birthday ever! My husband arranged a suprise and flew my sister and my mother in to celebrate my birthday weekend with me. I was so excited and we had such a wonderful time doing what we love; baking, cooking, reading magazines, watching movies, going for long walks, shopping and just being…
Did I mention that I love pumpkin? This is a super easy recipe for a little bit of a twist on chili, to be honest it really does not change the taste but it does make the chili very thick. If you wanted to you could use chunks of pumpkin or butternut squash(remember if you…
Did I mention that I love pumpkin? Well, I do,and I could eat it with a mouse, I could eat it in a house…oh wait that is Green Eggs and Ham. Never the less, I do love it and have made several more recipes including pumpkin this week. This is one of them and…
Saturday was my husbands birthday, and although he is not too fond of sweets, he does love carrot cake. This recipe is so easy but if you are a person who likes your carrot cake with pineapple in it this is not the recipe for you. It is a traditional carrot and spice cake, with…
I love pumpkin, almost as much as I love hot chocolate. I am pretty sure that I could eat pumpkin pie everyday and never get tired of it. Recently I have been experimenting with pumpkin in other recipes, and I found this great recipe on Pinterest. It is fabulous! I won’t say that it will…
