quick & easy oatmeal chocolate coconut cookies … crispy at the edges & moist and chewy in the center

Poached pear & ricotta turnovers

Lamb stew

A banana bread spectacular: from plain jane loaf to homey dessert.

Tipsy pudding with spiced wine & honey cream cheese for St. Patrick’s day

pearl muffins & homemade winter citrus jelly

Homemade yogurt with winter citrus syrup … a little sunshine for breakfast

candied winter citrus tart with vanilla custard, dark chocolate & flaked salt in a whole wheat almond shortbread crust

spinach lasagne with wild boar sausage, olivada, fresh ricotta & mozzarella, and simple tomato sauce

creamy parsnip, celeriac, & turnip soup

an old-fashioned pourable vanilla custard

Cinnamon cream caramel surprise macaroons … pure coconut macaroons with a hidden surprise, a little cinnamon cream caramel piped inside (gluten-free).

Vanilla cheesecake with fresh lingonberries … (gluten free)

Whole wheat gingerbread pancakes… a little gingerbread magic comes to breakfast

homemade cultured butter + tips for pressing with a hand-carved butter mold

kouign amann, the butter cake of the Breton people

homemade clotted cream for an Engish cream tea