Category Archives: Desserts

Pumpkin Pie

Here is my recipe for Pumpkin Pie.  It’s easy and delicious.  If you don’t want to make the crust you can purchase a frozen one that fits a DEEP 10″ deep dish pie dish.  I recommend you bake your pumpkin … Continue reading

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Tricks Or Treats

Halloween is just around the corner and what better time to reminisce than this?  When I was a kid Halloween was, for me, the most important holiday of the year.  When do you get to dress any way you like … Continue reading

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Cooking Momofuku Cookbook

We recently visited New York City for nine fabulous, fun filled gastronomic days.  We visited this wonderful city last year for a quick weekend and since our time was so short we did not make it a food trip.  We … Continue reading

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My Favorite Friends Recipes

I will admit that I am a bit of a snob when it comes to my recipes.  I often think I have the best recipe and no other can compare.  I do have some exceptions to my snobbiness: Three in … Continue reading

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The Most Requested Recipe

Here it is, the most requested recipe of all of the recipes I have written:  KEY LIME TART.  This recipe will be in the book (I am close to the finish) but so many people are requesting this recipe that … Continue reading

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Chirstmas Time is Sugar Cookie Time

  Less than two weeks until Santa makes a visit to our home, but that’s only if Jim and I have been good and not naughty.  I know we have been exceptionally good this past year so we are expecting … Continue reading

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A Thanksgiving Feast

When Jim and I moved to our new home just before Thanksgiving eight years ago we wanted to give thanks for our good fortune of being able to purchase a brand new home.  And of course the best way to … Continue reading

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Fall Is Time For Pie

With the change of season and the weather a bit cooler (even in Florida) it means more indoor cooking.  So turn the ovens on and let’s get started. I have been spending a great deal of time in the kitchen … Continue reading

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A Very Busy Month

It has been a while since I’ve posted to the blog but I have been busy cooking, writing recipes, experimenting, entertaining and even working.  Yes, working.  I had a few parties this past month and I did some entertaining at … Continue reading

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Thank You, Aunt Lena

Last month my dear Aunt Lena passed away after 91 years of being on God’s Great Earth.  Aunt Lena was my father’s younger sister in a family of nine siblings, some from an earlier marriage of my grandfather’s.  There is … Continue reading

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