December 2015

If you have any mulled wine leftover from Christmas, may I present a most delicious and beautiful way to use it up.…

Over in our part of Europe, after Christmas edible lucky pigs are everywhere. Pig shaped bread, chocolates, cakes, and marzipan clutter the…

Merry Christmas everyone! I’m late with this post but these were just too pretty not to share. You can also make these…

I made these for a recent UN spouse holiday breakfast. We started with breakfast and ended with salsa dancing. It must have…

These famous Painted German Springerle Cookies hail from the Swabia part of Germany. Their origins are traced back to the 14th century. This…

This lovely city was the last one to explore on the itinerary of my recent Thanksgiving week trip to Switzerland. I took…

This was my first year participating in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. It was so much fun benefiting a good cause,…

I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw a version of this gorgeous Pomegranate Soaked Apple Cake with Pistachio Streusel. This…

A dense holiday spice cake studded with bittersweet chocolate chip pieces. The star of the cake, aside from the spices, is the…

My visit to Montreux, an easy day trip away from Geneva, was a fun and fantastic day of extremes. In addition to…

The German name of these individual German Plum Pastries with Spiced Streusel is Streuseltaler. The translation means “streusel coins”.  A yeast cake…

On a recent on week long whirlwind trip to Switzerland, I visited several cities and Christmas markets. Dr, B had a conference…

This Cranberry Linzer Torte is a lovely cranberry torte to make this holiday season. If you have some leftover cranberry sauce from…

December 1 is always a sobering day for me.  Every World AIDS Day I think all day about the struggle of the…