A strawberry pastry was part of my own Mother’s Day celebration for years. The school my son attended from pre-school through sixth grade created a Mother’s Day Tea for moms, with even the littlest hands diving in to wrap refrigerated crescent roll dough around…
This salad uses vegetables that highlight the best of spring: the peak of local asparagus and spring radishes, combined with a bit of cauliflower that’s still in abundance. The lemony-honey-mustardy-spicy-bitter-sweet-ish dressing will glorify pretty much any salad; screaming for experimentation with a variety…
Call it “Food Foraging 2.0” – when I posted a plea for fresh, culinary bay leaves on our neighborhood social network. I was “Jonesing” for a pound cake using bay leaves and oranges that I spied in David Lebovitz’ “My Paris Kitchen” cookbook, and had…
The distinctive scent of hot water poured over flour transports me back to my Poh Poh’s kitchen. She is my maternal grandmother, who would let me join her in making dim sum nibbles whenever we visited. These are some of my earliest cooking…
Here in Piedmont, the city loves 4th of July! The morning parade is a big deal; neighbors begin claiming prime viewing spots along the parade route days before with lawn chairs, blankets and sometimes décor. Many of those fortunate to have front yards along…
Lots of lemons! With three trees in our backyard, I am often overwhelmed by what to do with all the lemons. (Yes, I’ve become the “Do you need any lemons?” person from whom others have begun to steer clear…Much like the “Do you need any…
A recent spate of springtime brunch gatherings is the inspiration behind this recipe. While gathered around the always delicious table of friends Kelvin and Joyce, we decided this recipe had to be the subject of this post. Fresh green garlic and mint enliven…
As a young girl, pineapple upside-down cake was always a treat. Back then Mom would make it from a Betty Crocker cake mix, and she would let me position the pineapple rings onto the bottom of the pan. My very favorite part was carefully placing…
I adore a recipe that results in high impact with minimal effort. This cake definitely falls into that category, and definitely well timed for a special Valentine’s Day dessert. Really a glorified brownie, this cake is full of flavor, decadent and quite the…
This is the recipe that launched the successful, albeit brief, run of Sassy Shortbread. It was a fun, short-term project for my business partner and me (Ann-Margaret and I were technically on “sabbatical” from our day jobs!), and we were overwhelmed by the positive…