Vegetarian

We owe a big thank you to H. David Dalquist. He invented the bundt pan for the Nordic Ware Company in 1950. As the story goes, Mr. Dalquist, a co-owner of Nordic Ware in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was approached by two women from a local Jewish…

  I’ve always enjoyed the Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald take on the Gershwin tune “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” particularly the riff on “you say potato and I say poTATo.”  (Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off) I was reminded of that thin bit…

I was reminiscing with some friends the other day about childhood memories and our conversation turned to games, cartoons and children’s shows. You know: Uncle Wiggily and the decidedly unsavory Pipsisewah, Shari Lewis and sweet little Lamb Chop, Engineer Bill and the milk drinking game…

Need some rolls for your Thanksgiving table? These Hokkaido Milk Bread Rolls are wonderful. The original recipe for these rolls comes from the King Arthur Baking site (here), although King Arthur Baking gives credit to Yvonne Chen, author of the cookbook 65 Degrees C. Bread…

  “We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”                                                    …

“Women are like tea bags. You never know how strong they are until they are in hot water.”                                –Eleanor Roosevelt   When I was growing up, I often spent weekends…

The leaves are turning. The mornings are crisp and cold. It’s autumn—bean weather.   Need some music to get you in that autumn state of mind? Put on a warm sweater, grab a steaming cup of Darjeeling tea (stirred with a cinnamon stick, of course)…

There are a lot of cookies out there.  Tough cookies.  Smart cookies. The Cookie Monster’s favorite old-fashioned sugar cookies. (Recipe for The Cookie Monster’s Favorite Cookies) Writer Barbara Johnson once sagely wrote that “a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.” Wise lady. Could…

      There have been too many to count. One was sweet and sultry and oh-so-smooth. Another was decidedly rough at the edges–kinda took my breath away. Then there was–<yawn>– the steady and reliable one.  And on and on…and on. (<Blush>) Now– it’s a…

This is a great little snacking cake. There are lots of healthy blueberries in the cake and it’s sprinkled with sugar just before baking to give the finished cake a delightful sugar crunch as you bite into it. Remember that blueberries, rich in antioxidants, are…