“A party without a cake is really just a meeting.” – Julia Child Summer is almost here. I can taste it in the sweet strawberries especially the ones I or my kids picked. They are warm and sweet and somehow taste more real because I can see the plant they […]
“That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.” – Emily Dickinson Rice pudding has been around for centuries; some say it originated in China, other say likely in India. Regardless of its origins, today nearly every country in the world has a rice pudding recipe. It is […]
“Know all the theories. Master all the techniques. But as you touch a human soul, be just another human soul.”– Carl Jung I think we all know a cake that has a most interesting name, but a lot of times no one knows how the cake came to have such […]
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I absolutely love bananas. For me, the ultimate dessert is anything that involves bananas, especially if they can kind of retain their original shape. Kind of like, yup, I see you banana, you! This pie […]
“This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cookâtry new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have fun.” Julia Child Have you ever tried to make a proper, European style layered torte? If you have not, you are not the only one. I often […]