Happy Birthday Randy
First things first. The chocolate winners. My trusty assistants picked their numbers, I took their picture, and I accidentally deleted that picture. I just realized this. So, I turned to a random...
View ArticleWhy I Made Dinner (and Dessert)
Thank you all for your sympathy over my challenging week. First let me tell you that my kids are fine. I took Graham to the ER at 4am on Tuesday because he had been complaining for days of a tummy...
View ArticleButterscotch Pudding Tarts
Remember Snack Pack pudding? I guess that question isn’t a huge stretch because it is still around. The packaging looks nothing like it did when it sat in my Donny and Marie lunchbox, just waiting...
View ArticleWhen Life Gives you Radicchio…
…you make a radicchio tart. Which I will tell you about in a moment. But first, yesterday was one of those days when the stars were in very strange alignment. One of those days when coincidence...
View ArticleEnd of Summer Heirloom Tomato Tart
Uh oh. I think I may have waited a bit too long to share the recipe for this tart with you. Feel that? Smell that? Fall. September in Seattle actually means the end of summer produce-wise. Those...
View ArticleStilton Tart with Cranberry Chutney
Ever since moving into my first apartment many many years ago, I have subscribed to food magazines. The roster has changed a bit, but receiving at least one and as many as five magazines full of...
View ArticleSpicy Squash and Feta Puff Pastry Tarts
For my December baking class, I taught my students how to work with store-bought filo dough and puff pastry. We also made no-knead bread, a gorgeous beet tart, and that incredible brown sugar pound...
View ArticleApple Crumb Crostata
When I was a kid and then a teenager, I spent the first half of every summer at Camp Nor’wester. The pain I experienced when it was time to go back home is something I have rarely felt since....
View ArticleFive Years and a Strawberry Tart
Today marks five years since I started this blog. In some ways, I am surprised I started it at all. I don’t know what Myers Briggs personality type I am but I can be tentative, hesitant. Certainly far...
View ArticleOnion Tart with Mustard and Fennel
You may not agree with me but I think the tendency to hang on to things is genetic. I am a purger. Randy is a saver. (Not hoarder. No cat skeletons hiding under mountains of garbage in our house.)...
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