April 2011

April Shower bring May flowers. This is certainly true here. The trees all blossomed this month and the flowers have created a…

I watched Charles & Diana’s wedding with my grandmother Ruth across an ocean in her little senior citizen apartment on a Long Island beach.…

I know the title of this recipe is ridiculously long. Finding a proper title was ridiculously challenging. To include all the flavors…

Sea Buckthorn or Sanddorn is popular here in Germany. Mostly in the form of jam and liqueur. Many cosmetic body care products…

  In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it, you’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade. –Irving Berlin…

For years here in Germany at Easter time I’ve seen and been charmed by these darling lamb and bunny cakes at bakeries…

Ever since I made these cookies last Fall I wanted to try them again with different flavor and colors. Back then I…

With all the baking projects I have been working on lately (I am dangerous when I am home for an extended period…

Earth Day is almost here.  It’s no secret we have been eating up our natural resources at a rate unprecedented in history.…

Victoria over at the District Chocoholic issued a Pimp My Easter Basket Challenge. The idea was to be ridiculous with an Easter…

I have a friend Fabio who makes the most amazing bread pudding. He uses coconut milk and coconut cream in the recipe.…

Today is the birthday of this little guy: Darn Cute, isn’t he? I didn’t know him then. I met him years later…

Those wildflowers, Jamie and Deeba over at Mactweets challenged us this month to reinvent the chocolate macaron by pairing it with unusual flavor.…

One of my favorite cookbooks on my shelf is The Cookie Jar Cookbook by Steffi Berne. Each cookie recipe is beautifully photographed with…

Ever since I saw THIS fabulous Fight Club cake covered with poured fondant Ali over at Three Baking Sheets to the Wind created, I…

I love these Charoset Truffles for Passover.  Trolling for something different to make for Passover, I found this idea for Charoset Truffles…

This post is kind of surprising coming from someone like me whose middle name is practically “Wiltongelcoloring.” I tint and sparkle almost everything…

Let me say right off I was hesitant to make and post these thinking they might be offensive or taken the wrong…

I am back to practicing decorating sugar cookies and feeling a slight cookie redemption coming on after posting those wackadoodle goatlambs a few days…

I have fun making faux food for April Fool’s Day. Last year I made these french fries cookies with “ketchup” and “mayo”…