Category: Recipes

Banana Walnut Bread

I started making banana bread when I was in high school. I’ve been cooking & baking since I was a kid, but when I got to high school, that’s when I started my experimental recipe...

Pear Walnut Bread

Lately, I’ve been kind of obsessed with pears. They taste great, and I love the way they look when they’re baked. I’ve been trying to put together more recipes that include these little beauties! In...

Aromatics

  On Groundhog Day this year, the groundhog in Pennsylvania so his shadow, so we all know what that means…. six more weeks of winter! Guess we’ll be waiting a little longer for Spring flowers….sigh....

Lemon Madeleines

I can remember the first time I had a Madeleine. My aunt took my parents, my now husband (then fiancé) and I to the French restaurant, Chez Lucienne in Harlem. After we dined on mussels...

Pear Cheese Tart

I love cakes and brownies, but I really, really love fruit desserts. I make apple pie year-round, not just during Thanksgiving. When summer comes, and all the varieties of fresh fruits hit the market, fruit...

Roasted Tomatoes

Tomatoes are one of the great vegetables that can be found year round.  Well, technically they’re a fruit, but we eat them like a vegetable. In the summertime, you can pick some fresh from a...