Confessional Coconut Cookie Bars
Confession . . . the kids and I are bumping it up a couple of octaves in the cookery today. An ingredient in the cookie bars we’re going to deliver to some hungry teenagers this evening: one full dose of vocals from Freddie Mercury. How’s that for a secret element in the mixture? Coconut […]
Rear Window Raspberries
It won’t be long and raspberries out the rear window will be ready for summer picking. What’s certain . . . I’m not the only one with an eye on them. We anticipate sharing the take with neighbors, hikers and four-legged friends. Here’s to co-existing and sharing the wild wealth. I’m designating my gatherings for a rustic French […]
Whisk Time
Michael Graves whisk . . . meet Michael Graves timer. Though one was designed for Target and one for Alessi, there’s no denying a connection between these two cousins. New meets almost-vintage in these utility essentials.
Lovin’ my oven
My oven has been working overtime. I mailed another sweet surprise today. This one went out with many wishes for a quick recovery.
Thirty thousand pounds . . .
of bananas. We’ve all heard the fruit cake and banana bread jokes, yet I still turn out my share of candied banana bread. What else to do with all of those bananas that ripen so quickly on the counter? Okay . . . so now that the word is out, and to those of you […]
Batter Up!
Despite the dark shadow that’s been cast over the great sport of baseball lately, I maintain my loyalty. I love baseball. Once again, the cookery made another transformation this week — to family dugout. Batter Up! For the first grade baseball cake batter, the team chose chocolate for the bat and vanilla for the ball. […]
Cake Bunny . . . just add milk
The kids decorated this handsome bunny today. He’s creamy white with coconut texture . . . just what we had in mind with cold milk. Two layers=a face, ears and a bow tie.
Cake Walk
I’m going to walk the line today and make a cake. Just a small one. Nothing too taxing for the novice pastry chef here in the cookery. This comes as a special request from my Wolf Scout, who received his Wolf Badge last night by the way. He loved the mandarin orange cake that I made […]