Although autumn has technically arrived, we’re still experiencing summer up here in Washington state.  My friends in California have long reached the end of their plum season, but we just got our first crop in a few weeks ago.  While I was tempted to […]

Today is the all new International holiday, Pie Party!  Okay it’s not actually an International holiday, it’s an idea dreamed up by some friends of mine on Twitter.  We all love pie, and want to help people get over their fear of making pie.  So […]

Imagine a buttery chocolate pastry crust so crisp you hear it snap as you cut into it with the side of a fork.  It’s filled with sweet yet tangy homemade raspberry jam that’s smothered in a rich chocolate ganache filling tasting  like the most expensive […]

Quesadillas are a favorite in our house, but don’t quite seem special enough to serve for dinner. They’re more of a quick lunch or snack type of food. Then I happened to be putting away dishes while Eric was making quesadillas, and noticed that my […]

I totally fell behind on my Daring challenges while trying to get my blog transferred over.  So I couldn’t miss this months, and fortunately it was a pretty fun one.  Here’s what our hosts had to say about the challenge: