The weather is changing and fall is here. As I shared before, fall also brings about the wonderful season of apples. When I was growing up, my dad would make fried apples using nice Granny Smith apples and they made for tasty Saturday morning breakfast. I love apples in all forms – [...]
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The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan. This was my first Daring Bakers challenge and I was so excited. Of course, life [...] Fall always brings out the apple lover in all of us. I am up to my eyes in apples that I picked up from my local orchard and I am in the midst of making lots of apple goodies. First up was apple preserves using this recipe. This was my first time [...] Do you ever go into the bathroom and that is when your kids decide to yell about something? Mine do and no matter how many times that I announce my whereabouts beforehand and the fact that there dad is home, they still come running for me. The other day the cause of yelling was “hey [...] So now you are wondering with what? Yes a cookbook – jam it, pickle it, cure it!! I won this book from the lovely people at Canning Across America based on a preserving canning wisdom essay. I own many cookbooks and I mean many but since I held this book in [...] I know I am not alone in the many things throughout my life that I have said that I will never do….the clear bottom line is I should never say never. My most recent never say never revolves around food and cooking. I always said that I would never be that mom [...] We recently returned from a wonderful time of rest otherwise known as vacation. Both of our kids like to take pictures and of course you have to love the ease of digital cameras. Most are point and shoot and you can automatically delete the not-so-good pictures. Sometimes though there is beauty and [...] This is re-posted from September 2007, continuing to pray for the families and our country. As a young child, I would listen to stories from my parents and was often amazed at how they could recall exactly where they were when they heard about Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy’s death. I never [...] First, let me start by sharing that I have a tendency to stay away from political issues on my blog. Even though I have an undergraduate degree in political science, a Master’s in Public Administration and I have worked in local, state and federal government in positions ranging from intern to budget analyst to [...]  |
   
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