Craving some strawberry shortcake, but not in the mood to spend too much time in the kitchen?  Well, here’s your answer – the ultimate fusion of strawberries, cream, and biscuits – Martha Stewart’s Strawberry-Shortcake Cookies.  Like a scone in cookie form, these are sweet and tender with a crunchy sugared top. This month’s Cookie Carnival [...]

The sweetest thing in summer – a fresh peach.  Nothing compares to the juicy sweet taste of a perfectly ripe summer peach.  And peach season is all too fleeting, so we must make the most of it. Growing up, the perfect ending to a hot summer day of fun with family and friends was cold [...]

If I had a million dollars, I would first hire a cleaning lady, then I would hire a personal chef to prepare healthy, flavorful meals for us every day.  I would still cook and bake at leisure, but the rest of the time I could choose recipes with my chef that he/she could prepare, like [...]

Here it is!  The grand finale in my quest for the perfect buttermilk biscuit recipe.  I have finally, through many trials and tests – three of which I wrote about here, here, and here, found the recipe that I will be passing down to my children and their children.  That’s how much I love them [...]

There’s something very addictive about bread baking.  When the bread starts rising and getting all yeasty smelling it’s like magic.  And the flavor…well nothing compares to the flavor of just baked bread.  After succeeding in baking a loaf or two, you just can’t stop. And the more bread you bake, the better you get at [...]

Have you ever been to Paris?  If so, what is the one thing that made the biggest impression on you?  Whenever I think about my trip to Paris, the thing that sticks out the most in my mind is that the women walked around the city in heels.  Even the tour guides that took us [...]