I don't bake a lot. . . even at the holidays, but as a young girl I always wanted to bake the most complicated cookies.  My mom always s...

A gift from a dear friend . . . I adore the packaging.  I can't wait to do some holiday baking with it and will forever keep the bottl...

Week # 27 of the Gourmet's 50 Women Food Changers is Ann Willan , the founder of the prestigious La Varenne Cooking School.  I didn...

left-o-ver - 1.  Usually, leftover.  food remaining at the end of the meal, especially when saved for a later use.   2.  anything left or r...

My twin sister (wearing the scarf) and I are huge fans of Giada de Laurentis .   This was taken several years ago at the Williams Sonoma s...

I found an old cookbook that my husband and I received many years ago.  In 1993 I had no interest in making bread.  It seemed far too time c...

The New York Times had a tiny cupcake on the front page of Dining today from Baked by Melissa .   The last few times we were in NY we m...

Using a little extra pie crust from the chicken pot pies I made mini apple pies.  I recently found these little dishes at IKEA.  They m...

Yesterday I made Madeline happy with the Missoni from Target so I thought I would continue the good cheer and make her favorite pumpkin choc...