I'm back! I know, I never said I was going anywhere. It was an unplanned hiatus. I'm going to do a little catch up here before get...

I've noticed a theme here. For the last several Mondays, I've posted on food. Mainly, cookies, actually. Nothing wrong with that,...

Well, I've got another recipe for you. It seems that when I'm not coming up with any new crafty projects, I'm baking. I first m...

Gougeres (goo ZHAIR) have long been one of my favorite appetizers. I can't say I've actually had them in any restaurant, however, n...

Finally! Another cookie in my cookie-a-week series. I will be playing catch-up since I've lost time to holiday travel and computer br...

Alternately titled: Why I like taking pictures while my children are occupied. I love molasses cookies. I have loved these particular mola...

We have eaten the last of our hand-picked apples. The final few were put to rest in an Apple Crisp with Nut Topping from Christopher Kimbal...

You may not need a recipe for applesauce, but then again....I'm giving you three ways to fix applesauce at home. One, suggested by Mark ...

Can spinach be any better than when it's baked in a pie? Ina Garten's Spinach Pie recipe makes me think not. This is another tast...

We celebrated our baby's first birthday over the weekend with cupcakes in the park. My older kids chose the cupcake: Oatmeal Raisin wit...

Don't tell my kids: The squash you see mashed into a ball is the same squash that sometimes comes to you mashed in a mound. Not that th...

For six years, my friends Mandi and Jess and I have thrown a lovely Valentine tea party. Each year, we go about it in exactly the same way....

We love breakfast in this house. We typically have breakfast food for dinner once a week and more often than that if we have run out of lef...

Some gifts to make for kids: Felt hand puppets . I found the pattern for this monster in this book (from our library) and then began cre...