A Very Plummy Dessert
[The table, set for eight] Saturday morning dawned early and grey, and I ran out for a bit into the gloom for breakfast, the paper, …
When Life Hands You Cherries …
[Upside-down cherry cake, May 2007] I’ll just get this out of the way: I love cheese. Love, love, love it. I like a thin slice …
Orange You Lovely
Though the Academy Awards were a bit dull this year (this year?), their occurrence was nonetheless a nice way to pass an early Sunday evening. …
Can a Flower be a Vegetable?
Confession: since the last time I wrote here I made two batches of cupcakes: one pumpkin with chocolate-ganache frosting for Halloween; and one devil’s food …
Valentine’s Day with the Girls
What to do when the boys are away on the day of love [to Nicaragua, Reykjavik, and Leiden, respectively] but have some of your best …