Food, Travel, and Cooking!
What’s in a name, well…According to the Oxford Dictionary a “tart” could be: 1. A woman who is a bit, shall we say, very forthcoming with her favours. 2. Make oneself look attractive with clothes or makeup, “tart oneself up”. 3. Improve the appearance of “tart up”. 4. Sharp or acid in taste. 5. An […]
While in London last fall, I simply had to find a Bakewell Tart! Crazy, but there you are. I thought we had found one in a bakery, but it turned out that either their interpretation was not what I considered a Bakewell Tart or she gave us the wrong tart; which meant that when we […]
What brought me to making this dessert a few years ago was that we have both raspberries and lavender in our garden and I thought it sounded intriguing. Well…needless to say, the combination of the two is a marriage made in heaven in my opinion! Utterly delightful, it has become a standard dessert at our […]
IT’S JUNE! We’ve been waiting all year for the appearance of local strawberries! Those gorgeous, ruby-red all the way through, juicy beauties. They can’t be beat! Fingers crossed for some good, sunny weather to make them sweet and succulent. I’m going to have to admit to being a strawberry snob! We just don’t buy strawberries […]
This pudding is always welcome at our house! It’s makes a delicious light ending to Spring dinner or any other dinner for that matter! We love it! It calls for Meyer lemon juice and rind. If you can’t find Meyer lemons, save making the pudding until you see them. I buy them at Costco and […]
Last fall we were invited to have dinner with friend’s. They are very creative, excellent chefs/cooks and it’s always a pleasure sharing a meal with them. Many years ago, my mother had given me a bag of quince and I made and preserved a condiment to be served with game. I was so beside myself […]
This is one terrific Bundt cake! My Dad loved spice cakes of any kind, so we always baked a spice cake for his birthday. It was always popular when I made it at work, usually for a corporate luncheon around the end of October. Back in the day, I used my own cooked pumpkin and […]