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, as I did, to try to make your own at home. Not that there is anything wrong with Dunkin’. After all, America runs on it apparently. But […]
Dessert
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 veggies year round…but for now we cannot invest the time in the process of proper canning. (And plus…we don’t have a garden, as our landscape is pretty […]
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 were (because of course I hadn’t seen it in thirty plus years)…but being that we do not have cable I have now listened to (from various rooms […]
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 sales or library book sales (our favorites). At this new house we’ve opted not to have cable television which is a HUGE adjustment for one of us…(me). […]
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 the air that I would have begged for yesterday. Yet it is mid-May and knowing that we have many hot and humid days ahead has made me […]
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 one of us) that we could easily jump in the car and be back in less than two hours. We are settling in. The boxes are (mostly) […]
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 in a big giant way. What better than a brownie? Well…how about a brownie cake with almond ginger buttercream frosting?!?! Oh yes please. The sweetness of the […]
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 was packed with all of our baking supplies and we headed out on our hour long drive for a weekend away only to arrive and find there […]