Tofooled you! Vanilla Cream Pie with Gingersnap Crust

Strawberry Kiwi Oatmeal: Simple, Seasonal, and Slow

Sweet, tart and with a hint of bitterness: Blood Orange Marmalade

Chocolate and cardamom pair up perfectly in this non-sweet chocolate bread.

The five minute artisan bread that took a week to make.

A belated batch of Mrs. Santa’s Magical Cookies. Delicious, even after Christmas!

A rustic Apple and Prune Tart for the Thanksgiving dessert table.

German Lebkuchen: A 700 year old Christmas tradition.

Homemade Candied Citrus Peel: So easy, and so much better than that gummified, store-bought stuff!

A sweet, molasses-y Amish Shoofly Tart, for Cooking with Alicia & Annie!

At the turning of the season, a new springerle mold!

A nice haul of fresh picked, wild elderberries! Now…what to do with them?

Enjoy a taste of Autumn to come with some spicy, and easy, Baked Apple Butter.

Potage Luzienne (Olive Soup from St. Jean-de-Luz), a flavorful olive and fava bean soup hailing from the Pays Basque region of south France.

Curried pineapple hummus with herbed egg roll chips.

If homemade marshmallows weren’t enough, how about roasting them over the light of a crackling…stove top?

The beautiful and delicious simplicity of French cooking. A colorful and flavorful vegetable cassoulet served in a mini dutch oven.