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The Kitchen

Here, in the USA, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving next week. It’s a holiday that is always on a Thursday about the third week into November. It is meant to be a day of giving thanks and gathering with family and/or friends and eating the most delicious comfort/fall foods you can get your hands on.Continue reading “The Kitchen”

Baking Time!

When the weather was still warm a dear friend dropped off several large and perfect peaches! I set aside a couple for immediate eating pleasure and then peeled and sliced the rest for the freezer and future smoothies and a pie. Pie day came. I made a single crust and mixed chopped peaches and aContinue reading “Baking Time!”

I Had a Hankerin’

I have recently changed my eating habits – to the better. It was and still is a major feat. But the results are awesome. Today I was craving a taste of sweet. Sweetness that was more than an apple. More than jelly on toast. More than, well, you get the idea. Since I have noContinue reading “I Had a Hankerin’”

Sit Down For A Cuppa

Welcome New Year – 2016. Welcome Friends. Come and sit with me and let me pour you a cup of coffee. I didn’t make a double chocolate chai pie with real whipped cream for you today……perhaps next time. Today, I have lovely slices of homemade bread. Warm. With butter and/or some local Amish Blackberry Jam.Continue reading “Sit Down For A Cuppa”

Wise Shortbread

My son and daughter gave me an Owl cake pan for Mother’s Day. So, I made Scottish Shortbread in it: Aren’t they the cutest? This pan was bought at World Market. Enjoy! cate b

I May Need to Make a Pie

I love to make pie. I love to see the faces of people who eat pie. It’s so wonderful and fulfilling to produce a baked good that gives others such joy! I had a brilliant – NOT! – idea to make and sell pies. I made many at Thanksgiving and reaped in the money. ButContinue reading “I May Need to Make a Pie”

Focus!

As a creative person I tend to have a hard time focusing on a project. Heck, I have a hard time typing this sentence because of a miss-spell in the previous sentence. I must go on and use spell check and not stop every two words to correct on the spot. FOCUS! I love toContinue reading “Focus!”