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Baking Delights: Baking breads and treats for your family

September 5th, 2008

Classic Boston Cream Pie, Circa 1967

 
Yes, I admit it.  I am meandering through cookbooks that I have not picked up in awhile.  I am a messy cook (ha! Understatement) and the books tend to get messed up. I waver between thinking that it is worth it to sacrifice the book in the quasi-anthropological quest for vintage recipes AND thinking that […]

By Marye -- 9 comments

August 11th, 2008

MMM..Comfort Food…Chocolate Pudding

 
I love chocolate pudding.  Chocolate mousse is nice, but for pure home comfort food chocolate pudding has to be right up there on the list.
It amazes me how many people grab a box of Jell-o instant when they could so easily have the real thing. Darn Bill Cosby anyway!  If I promise to give you […]

By Marye -- 19 comments

June 4th, 2008

Strawberry Trifle

 
When I was making the cake for Amanda’s graduation last week, I had  one layer crumble as I was moving it. Not just crack, mind you, but CRUMBLE with every ounce of determination it had to crumble.
You can’t just toss out cake.  Not here anyway. So I took the pieces and spread them in a […]

By Marye -- 8 comments

November 21st, 2007

911: Last Minute Thanksgiving Tips

I had some time this morning since I have my dinner basically finished (evil laugh) and I wanted to post some ideas for what to do when, all of a sudden, you find out YOU are hosting Thanksgiving, and cooking.
It happens. Maybe the relatives that were going to host got sick, or decided […]

By Marye -- 1 comment

November 19th, 2007

10 Easy Thanksgiving Recipes For Kids

Thanksgiving is this week!
This is always a busy week for me and sometimes I just want to get the kids busy doing something so that I can concentrate on other things. I don;t usually use convenience foods like slice and bake cookies, cake mix or premade frosting but here are some ideas for foods […]

By Marye -- 6 comments