As some of you know, Saturday was my oldest son's birthday.  I've always baked a cake (or pie, when requested) of their choosin...

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner and to celebrate the occasion,  this Irish lass is baking  Bailey's Irish Cream C...

I love French food.  There's something about the sound of the words that makes everything sound fancy...and delicious. Take for exam...

Have I mentioned, lately, how much I love my 14 year old electric oven ?  No?  Really?! You look surprised. Don't be. The reason...

I'm so glad that you stopped by today! Today's closing day (insert happy dance here) at the French Farm and to celebrate, I'v...

Aren't summer berries amazing right now!?  They're fabulous in Illinois where I live!  From the local grocer to the farmer's ...

I probably don't need to tell you that I've never found a chocolate recipe that I didn't like and that if anyone ever asked m...

This year, I'm sending Valentine's Day dinner to my oldest and a few of his friends at college. I needed a dessert recipe that co...

When I woke up this morning, it was   four degrees Fahrenheit...before the wind.... and I live the suburbs of the "windy city...

 I took part in  my very first cover shoot  this morning.                                                                            ...

Have you ever heard the saying "His bark is worse than his bite."? I remember the first time I heard it, I think that it was ...

Do you have a recipe box? Is it neat and tidy with all of the recipes filed in the proper sections behind carefully labeled tabs? If...

I had a little celebration at my home yesterday afternoon. It was a going away party....of sorts.

In the words of  the band, The Who , (to whom I may or may not have listened at some point in my lifetime), "...There ain't no ...

I LOVE lavender!  The color, the look, the smell, and yes, the taste of it.  Lavender and I are "buds" (yeah, I know...sometim...

I was first introduced to Martha Stewart's graham cracker recipe just after her baking book was published. I was making cheesecake an...

Photo credit: The Pioneer Woman One of my favorite bloggers and chef extraordinaire, The Pioneer Woman comes through again w...