Category Archives: Dessert

Gram’s Pumpkin Pie

Every year in November, I do two weird things.  First, I get out this wicker cornucopia I’ve had since Rhonda and I got together.  She always laughs about it because it is kind of funny that we actually have a … Continue reading

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Dark Chocolate Zucchini & Coconut Muffins with Vanilla Bean Glaze

Zucchinis are everywhere.  Have you noticed?  If you have a garden, you know what I’m talking about, and if you don’t have a garden you know what I’m talking about too because, chances are your neighbor has a garden and … Continue reading

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Easy Peach Cobbler

Have I gone on too much about summer already (picnics, sun, fireflies, vacations)?   It feels like maybe I have, but summer is such a great season – especially now that I am out of that Texas heat and in … Continue reading

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Paris: A feast for the Imagination & the Taste Buds

Hello from Paris.  No, not Paris, Texas…the real deal, Paris, France, where food rules.  Remember a couple of weeks ago when I blogged about Caramelized Onions, Pasta, and Parmesian and how I haven’t been eating any white foods (bread, rice, pasta … Continue reading

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A Birthday Party & A Hawaiian Wedding Cake

I got the recipe for this cake 27 years ago at a wedding shower — a 24 hour sleep over kind of wedding shower in the rural Pennsylvania lake community I lived in at the time.  I hardly knew the … Continue reading

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Nut Rolls — It Must be Spring

Growing up, I loved when my grandmother came to stay with us for Easter.  The trees were turning green, and the bright yellow forsythia in our front yard was in full bloom.  Spring had finally arrived and with it came … Continue reading

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