Nanabanana Cream Pie A while ago, I opened one of those video ads that pop up on social media masquerading as an informative piece but turns out to be an infomercial selling something that’s purported to be a quick weight loss product. This video was on foods to avoid to reduce belly fat and the […]
Scones for Royal Occasions
Scones for Royal Occasions Everybody is jumping on the royal wedding bandwagon. I haven’t paid too much attention to it, but believe me, when I say I think it’s lovely and charming when two people from polar opposite backgrounds, find each other, fall in love, and decide to spend their lives together, and wedding or […]
National Cherry Pie Day
National Cherry Pie Day Today, February 20th, is National Cherry Pie Day. I’ve never spoken with a pie maker who has any idea of who created this day but we all agree that it must have something to do with it being close to George Washington’s birthday and the tale of him chopping down the […]
Inventing the Wheel
Inventing the Wheel I thought I was so smart. I really did. I made a mug of coffee. It’s one of my guilty pleasures, the other major one being all the plastic wrap I use in pie making workshops. I enjoy a mug of java…and sometimes two…in the morning. I like the ritual of it […]
Gingerbread Scones
Gingerbread Scones It’s the time of year that holiday baking takes the center stage and our homes are full of the good smells coming out of the kitchen. Ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves…I love these spices in baking. Today as I was looking through some old recipe files I spied this one for gingerbread scones. All […]