Sage Trifle

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope you have been enjoying your holidays. We sure have. We actually still are. Have you taken down your Christma...

AT THIS MOST GLORIOUS TIME OF YEAR, my camera had to go to the shop. Sigh. Last week, I was on a retreat. I stayed in a lodge at a m...

I was asked to bring a healthy dessert for a meeting. Is that an oxymoron? My habit of over thinking things had me wondering. Isn...

A VERY OLD-FASHIONED STYLE of bread, Parker House Rolls are soft, buttery, and slightly sweet. These rolls are unlike the rustic, crusty...

OUR RESIDENT FIVE-YEAR-OLD, loves helping me in the kitchen. She especially likes baking. Because she was out of school Monday, for Mar...

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A WOMAN AT MY OFFICE brought in a plate of these tasty treats to share. She called them "Mock Heath Bars"....

CHRISTMAS BAKING IS IN FULL SWING. Today, I give you a quick and easy snack to placate cookie monsters around the house while you get s...

There has been much activity lately around this, my beloved Aunt Ruby's sweet potato pie, which I posted 3 years ago. Can you bel...

I USED TO BAKE HOMEMADE BREAD ROUTINELY. For one thing, I love delicious bread. For another, good bread used to be almost impossible...

OUR GIRL TURNED FIVE! Four years ago, I made  a very simple Chocolate Layer Cake for her first birthday, which you can see at the link....

 WHEN NADINE SHARED THIS RECIPE, she told a story. She had clipped the recipe from her hometown newspaper--The Opelika Daily News, on ...

 IN HONOR OF THE RETREAT I ATTENDED last week (Camp Bluebird), to celebrate summer, my favorite season, and to debut the kooky and festiv...

AT 85-YEARS-OLD, my Mother still loves to entertain.  She had an Easter brunch for 16 people and when she half-heartedly invited me, she ...