Many years ago a kind neighbor, with three little boys, shared her recipe for Fruit Punch Concentrate with me. My neighbor was frugal and, I believe, ahead of times in her approach to healthy eating. Not that this is necessarily a healthy drink, but the ratio of real fruit juice content is considerably higher than […]

  
This time of year I relish the smell of a slow, oven-cooked meal and cinnamon. There is a coziness and a sense of comfort that comes from a house warmed by the smell of good food and heated by that same food baking in the oven.
When I was young Sunday dessert was often a cake […]

 
As is the case with many women, my daughter and I enjoy eating dishes that are not traditional meat and potatoes-type meals. When she still lived at home the boys in our family occasionally took backpacking trips and while they were away we would try restaurants and recipes that the boys would probably not appreciate […]

Sometimes life goes at an easy pace and there is time for everything I want or need to do in a day. And then there are times, like the past few weeks, when I race through the day from one task to the next wondering how it got so late so fast. Thanksgiving seemed ages […]

 
 
Apple pie is one of my favorite desserts and I am always on the lookout for the best example. For me, there is no contest at all between a double or triple chocolate confection and a warm slice of apple pie with cold vanilla ice cream melting alongside. It is pie for me every time.
Much […]