happy anniversary! to story of a kitchen! ::::   The blog is one year old today, officially stumbling out

sweet south african fare :::: I read the book A Dry, White Season  by Andre Brink my senior year of high scho

PB&J in a whole new way :::: "I just don't like frosting," I remarked offhandedly. I was sitting with a gr

icy watermelon celebrates the end of summer :::: What happened to summer? I was all ready to post this as an e

peach puzzle for the Peaches and puzzles in your life :::: Peach's tantrums, they are frequent. They happen at

oatmeal raisin ice cream: you'd better sit down for this one :::: I'm back at the ice cream, after having the

honey + goat cheese + yogurt + pistachios = bliss :::: The hummingbirds are back from their wintering down sou

it's a three-fer: honey-sweetened cranberry compote, refrigerator jam, and galette :::: I squirrelled away aut

raspberries + cream + chill = sweet! :::: When the raspberries start popping up at the markets even before the

Candied walnuts = walnut pie without the crust: divine :::: It was college: I was standing in the Kwik Shop n

milk and pumpkin cookies, any time of year :::: Enough of the savory posts, right? Here's something sweet. The

cannellini beans, you have found your destiny :::: I was aghast to find that the rosemary bush at the end of o

the best way to serve oatmeal for tea :::: Sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake. Only now am I getting i

rum and frogs, a sweet mix :::: I gave up sleep for Lent. Four years ago. Rather, Sleep gave up on me, packed

no flour, lots of chocolate, drizzle of raspberry = stunning :::: Three things I must do before I die: 1. Visi

blood orange tart: buttery pastry with almond cream and ruby citrus :::: Dear Neighbors, Since moving to Calif

whole grain banana goodness :::: No eggs! No white flour! No added sugar! That means NO FLAVOR! Wrong. While s

dates never had it so good ::::   My mother-in-law gave me five pounds of dried Medjool dates for Christm

Almond lovers unite: this is the recipe! :::: When living in Cambridge, England as a child for almost two yea

fizzy ginger: poifect! :::: Ginger brown sugar soda, where have you been all my life? What took you so long? I

Bring the rainbows of New York to your kitchen ::::   I think I just died and went to heaven. Seven layer

debutante = sweetened condensed milk + butter + pink :::: Just as a young Southern woman has her debut at her