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 have been a bit obsessed. Jane Green always seemed like the sort of author you could be friends with. Someone who you could chat to after you […]
Dessert
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 speaking and we did not speak much French. That never seemed to matter. They were lovely and so good to us while we were there. What I […]
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 overripe one (that had been forgotten as a lunchtime snack) nestled into the smallest compartment of a child’s backpack. Overripe, smushy, brown…you know the ones. Forgotten […]
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 butter is just perfect to me. After a impulsive buy of butterscotch chips at the market and the quick realization that I came home without ice-cream for […]
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 green leaves and gorgeous pinky red stalks. I remember the tartness of the pies and how they seemed to trigger the beginning of summer. Rhubarb has always […]
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 grow up at Graceland. It was crunchy and sweet and seemed perfectly healthy at the time because it did have a banana on it. I’d eat it […]
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 red sprinkles that seemed to be everywhere. Somehow we got sidetracked from our fairly focused shopping trip and ended up with a basket full of Valentine trinkets […]
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 you are a V-Day hater. I don’t care so much about the commercial side of it (although purchasing the cute pink, red and white things makes that […]