Recently I had a craving for thumbprint cookies. I don't know why. I'd never made them before but they struck me as something I wanted to make and eat. I turned to my recently acquired Dorie's Cookies cookbook for inspiration. I didn't find a recipe for...
For me, the month of July means one thing, Le Tour de France. I'm not a cyclist and never will be. In fact, the last time I was on a bike that wasn't stationary I ran directly into a hedge. I started watching the Tour years ago and look forward to it each year. In...
Summer is a wonderful time with so many fruits and vegetables available at the market. I get excited about what I find and have a slight tendency to overbuy, just a little. Unfortunately this week I was under the weather and found myself with a lot of overripe fruit...
It's early enough in the summer that I don't mind using that oven. In another week or two that will change I'm sure. I came across a recipe on Natasha's Kitchen for Blueberry Lemon Cake and it's perfect for this time of the year - blueberries are...
This is the year of birthday festivities and not just for myself. I recently spent a weekend celebrating a friend and was enlisted as part of her party favor crew. She wanted to share one of her favorite cookies with everyone - The Pioneer Woman's Malted Milk...
Updated: February 2, 2019 In a previous post I shared a recipe for chocolate haupia pie for a crowd. This weekend I was invited to a dinner and offered to bring dessert. Because my host always asks for this particular dessert, I decided to see what I could...
Unlike most of my family I'm indifferent to mochi. If it's there I'll eat it, if not, I don't miss it. When I come home to Hawaii I don't feel the need to seek out treats from different family-owned mochi shops to take back to the mainland with me. However, one type...
"The World Peace Cookie lives up to its name: If everyone had it, peace would reign o’er the planet. I’m convinced of this." Dorie Greenspan As I close out the year, and what a tumultuous year it's been, I can think of no better recipe to share than World Peace...
The second new cookie recipe I tried this year I found through my Facebook feed. I almost ignored it primarily because it comes from Whole Foods ('nuff said?). The recipe also uses coconut oil rather than butter and everything in me just said, "Whyyyyyyy??" But I...
It's that time of the year, almost the only time of the year that I feel like baking cookies. I always say that I'm not a baker but oddly enough, most of my posts this year (as few as there have been) were about baking. But there's something about Christmas that makes...
I have always maintained that I am not a baker. I can bake things but not very well and my nature is somewhat averse to the required precision. However, recently and perhaps it's the weather, I've been in the mood to bake. Whatever the reason, I've been inspired but...
it was a co-worker's birthday this past week and I used it as an excuse to bake one of my favorite cakes. Both recipes come from the Barefoot Contessa - although she didn't have them paired together in her cookbook. The pairing came about several years ago when a...
I am admittedly not a baker but I enjoy making cookies to share, especially around holidays. One of my favorite recipes is a coconut shortbread that I found awhile ago in Bon Appetit magazine from one of my favorite bakers, Elizabeth Faulkner. The...
When I was looking for a dessert for our last Moveable Feast, I found the answer in a recent issue of Food & Wine magazine - a delicious riff on a campfire favorite, the s'more. I love s'mores - gathering around a fire, getting the perfect toasted...
Last year I really got into using my ice cream maker and had successes with black pepper ice cream and I Want S'more ice cream. As the weather warms up I'm looking forward to more recipes and experiments. I recently watched a re-run of Nigella...
Updated: January 2022 When you hear me speak of influential women in my life, at the top of my list is my Mom followed by my maternal Grandmother - Popo Chock. You rarely hear me speak of my paternal Grandmother - Popo Char. Although she lived with us for a time, we...