Ottolenghi Simple

One of my favorite Christmas presents this past year was Ottolenghi Simple. Written by New York Times best selling author Yotam Ottolenghi, this book was briefly mentioned in

Chocolate Dipped Oreos

My kids have no idea that they are not Irish. They love St. Patrick’s Day just as much as everyone else in New England who is Irish for

Top 3 Christmas Cookies

With Christmas just seven days away we are sharing our top three Christmas cookie recipes from our archives. One of our favorites is our mincemeat chocolate chip.

Little Belgians Speculoos Cookies

We fell in love with Little Belgians earlier this season for their adorable packaging and delicious speculoos cookies and s’mores kits. Speculoos cookies remind us of our honeymoon

Vanilla Cupcakes & Sprinkles

Oh my, November has a load of great food holidays! November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day! It is also the day that our children came to live

Caramel Apples

There are some quintessential fall sweets that have become tradition in our house. One of those is caramel apples. When I was growing up I remember getting candy

Apple Cider Cinnamon Donuts

One of the true perks of being a New Englander is that I really get to experience fall. Fall colors. Fall flavors. Fall air. It is my favorite

Little Belgians Speculoos S’Mores Kit

One of our favorite products this year has been this delightful s’mores kit from Little Belgians. Using Speculoos cookies and Tcho chocolate, there is nothing NOT to love

Chocolate Frosted Cardamom Cake with Banana Jam Filling

Previously posted in March of 2014, we are bringing this one back for the sheer flavor factor. The Jam Stand’s Drunken Monkey Banana Jam is currently available at

Coffee Mocha Cupcakes with Blackberry Frosting

I have been on a strict no sugar cleanse for almost three weeks. No added sugar that is. No white sugar. No sugar in my coffee. No ice-cream

Coffee Milk Stout Cookies

A couple months ago we attended a Brewmaster’s Social at the Weekapaug Inn. The foods were all paired with beers from Narragansett Brewery, a local favorite. For dessert

Top Three Pumpkin Favorite Throwbacks

Fall is by far our favorite season. The cool air, falling leaves and comfort foods make it pretty hard for any other season to compete. Perhaps it is

Lemon Layer Cake with Blueberry Whipped Cream

We are reposting this family favorite. School is nearly out and that means summer is about to begin. We don’t have huge plans this year. I think we

Victoria Sponge

Every now and then, in the middle of a busy chore day our daughter will say, “can’t we just do a baking project?” and while she doesn’t always

Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake

I don’t really know how it is that I lived to be this old and had not discovered Baileys until just last year. Sheltered much?! Oh my gosh

Lemon Posset with Friends

Last night we had a friend over for dinner and wanted a light and simple dessert to serve after. Nothing too fancy, but something with loads of flavor.

Pineapple Brown Sugar Pancake Minis

My kids love pancakes. So much in fact that I find myself making them at least once a week. More often than not, we end up with

Grapefruit Vanilla Cupcakes

We’ve yet to have a real snowstorm here in Southern New England, but yet we are embracing the winter fruits and vegetables and pretending we have snow on

Vanilla Grapefruit Cupcakes

Jam Filled Lemon Almond Cookies

At Christmas time we love to bake cookies with the kids. We often prep dough well ahead of time and have it ready in the freezer to pull

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Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake with Roasted Sea Salt Pumpkin Seeds

The weather in New England has been very unpredictable lately- going from muggy summer like humidity to crisp autumn days all in the course of a week. We

Warm Dark Chocolate & Banana Cake

I know I’ve gone a little crazy for Jane Green’s Good Taste Cookbook lately…but ever since I received my book in the mail a few weeks ago I

Jane Green’s Plum Tarte Tatin

When I was younger my mother and I traveled to France to stay with a family whose daughter had come to stay with us. They were (mostly) non-English

French Toast with Banana Whipped Cream

We buy a lot of bananas in our house. They are generally used for smoothies or cut up and put into cereal. Every so often I find an

Blueberry Butterscotch Blondies

I’ve had a thing for butterscotch since I was little. Butterscotch candies. Butterscotch pudding. Butterscotch coating for soft serve ice cream. Y.U.M. That flavor of brown sugar and

Strawberry Rhubarb Cheesecake with Golden Oreo Crust

When I was a child my mother made strawberry rhubarb pies. We had a large rhubarb plant which grew on the side of our house. It had giant

Banana Pudding with Peanut Butter Cookie Crumbles & Maple Syrup Reduction

When I was a little girl one of my favorite things to eat was probably toast with peanut butter, maple syrup and bananas. And no, I did not

Chocolate Ganache for Valentine Petit Fours

As my daughter and I walked through the market the other day she was like a moth to a flame with the pretty little bottles of pink and

Sweet Buttercream Frosting

I love Valentine’s Day. With all the pretty pink, red and white things decorating every store and Pinterest page it is a bit difficult to ignore, even if

Brown Sugar Vanilla Milkshakes infused with Yorkshire Tea

Once upon a time I worked with a woman who asked me if my British husband drank a lot of tea. I think I nearly choked on my

Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Frito M&M Topping

I went to a very small liberal arts college in New England. It was old. The basement had dark, drippy tunnels and there were rumored to be ghosts

Bourbon Pecan Peanut Butter Chocolate Coffee Cake

In April we moved two hours south of where we had been living. I was still expecting to have some sort of winter but here we are, the

Eggnog Spice Cake

I always remember eggnog at Christmas when we were little. I’m not sure why. I don’t think we had a lot of it but maybe on one Christmas

Pecan Dream Cookies from Mrs. Kitching’s Smith Island Cookbook

I like to think I’m a big believer in fate. Sometimes I believe that everything happens for a reason. Other times, when the “everythings” are not so good,

Cake Donuts with Glassy Pecans & Rosemary

We have been a little bit addicted to the PBS show ChefSteps. Fabulous three to five minute clips of recipes cooked by these young hipster chefs in a

Little Plum Pies

December first. Last year on December first we were living in a house that had plastic tarps covering doors. We were living in a house with a kitchen

Brownie Waffles with Cinnamon Whipped Cream

We are a little addicted to waffles here. Ever since I decided to pull out the twenty year old waffle maker that had only been used about twice…let’s

Cinnamon Pear Hand Pies

I know I’ve mentioned that growing up we were not exactly the healthiest of eaters…if it was processed we probably ate it at one point or another. Good

Raspberry Tarragon Pavlova

Pavlova. You either know the name or you don’t. You either appreciate the early efforts it must have taken to be her or you mock the simplicity. Being

Orange & Almond Mini Cakes with Anise Buttercream Frosting

Well, we are four days in to our first full week of elementary school here and let’s just say…it’s been a doozie. New school, taking a bus for

Chocolate Maple S’more Cheesecake

One thing we learned this summer is that our kids LOVE s’mores. Years ago we let them make them over the fireplace in the living room (it was

Coffee & Triple Sec Creamsicles

It has been really hot here these last few days. Humid. Sticky. Icky. The kind of days that aren’t really good for girls with straightened hair that is

Brownies with Panko Vanilla Sea Salt Crumble

Summer vacation has caught up with us. We woke up exhausted. EXHAUSTED. It was one of those days where the kids got to stay in their jammies all

Sunday Morning Frappuccino Hack

When the closest Starbucks is about twenty five minutes away and Dunkin’ Donuts is your only hope for a tiny bit of frozen coffee yumminess, you might decide,

Quick Pickled Tarragon Balsamic Blackberries

We love to quick pickle things. Eventually we’d really love to spend the time learning how to can foods so that we can enjoy all these beautiful summer

Jell-O Cream Cheese No Bake Treats

So, like most mornings, the kids were up at five thirty begging to watch The Jetsons on Apple TV. Until recently I never realized how sexist The Jetsons

Plum Preserves with Goat Cheese Cream

We have a lot of cookbooks. Some are from well known chefs and others are little books we take chances on when we see them at estate

Cherry Tomatillo Crumble

The weather here in Rhode Island went from being hot and humid to almost fall like today. The trees won’t stop blowing and there is a crispness in

New State…New Drink. Cabinet.

We have recently moved from Massachusetts to Rhode Island. Still New England. Still home to Red Sox fans. Still close enough to where we are from (at least

Almond Ginger Buttercream Frosting

We have been cooped up for six days here with a sick little and a rambunctious russell who has been totally neglected. We needed a pick me up

Pumpkin Pistachio Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Frosting

Last weekend we set out to make applesauce cupcakes. We had the perfect red cupcake holders. The perfect idea for how to photograph the finished cupcake. The car

Pumpkin White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mast Brothers Maple Chocolate Shavings

We are starting our third week without a kitchen. We are making progress, though! A wall went up today and the old floor came out. The windows are

My Grandmother’s Chocolate Caramel Sauce

As a little girl, we spent a lot of time at my grandmother’s house. Weekends, weeknights, holidays, you name it we were there a lot. We got to

Maple Syrup Cupcakes

Pancakes have always been a BIG favorite in this house. For me it all started when I was very small and would request them as my birthday breakfast.

Peaches & Cream Popsicles

Yesterday while I was waiting to drop my daughter off at school, we were standing on the sidewalk outside the teacher’s door. The teacher came out and was

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