A week ago, I had the pleasure of joining six wonderful bloggers in a Walkers Shortbread extravaganza. We were given the challenge to create something with shortbread that fell into the pie, tart, cake, trifle, or pudding category. Somewhere between Banoffee Pie, Banana Pudding and Banana Fosters, you might find this pie. Walkers Butterscotch Shortbread inspired me to play with
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After over a year [!!!] of Vintage Recipe Swaps, I decided to do a little something different this month. While often turned off by vague directions and weird ratios in vintage recipes, the completely unknown dishes are the most challenging. This month’s Lemon Sponge pie was both mystifying and promising. A tart lemon pie sounded very delicious but sponge pie
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About a year ago, there was a picture-less post that popped up on this site about berry thyme brown butter bars. These bars have become one of my most commonly made recipes, something I keep going back to. But never did I manage to snap a good picture of them. Glancing back at the recipe I posted, in a rush
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Summer! Strawberries! And cream! Vanilla! Thyme! Thyme? Yes. Thyme! Follow me here. I’m taking you to a very delicious place. Promise. And if you’re already a herb-infused dessert convert, stay along for the ride. It’s a fun one. Or not. Whatever. This journey started with a mint chocolate pie. It landed in my inbox a few weeks ago with June’s
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Have I ever told you my love affair with buttercream frosting? Once upon a time, I loved the classic American powdered sugar and butter frosting. It was delicious, buttery and yes, maybe a bit too sweet. But it wasn’t fickle, it always worked. Dependable is the word. And then the Robicellis came into my life. They make my most favorite
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From across the world, I say – helloooo! See, right now, I’m sitting on my brother’s couch, writing this post at 11:23pm Saturday evening. But that’s not Eastern Standard Time, per normal. Nope, my brother lives in Hong Kong and I have up and transplanted myself here for ten days of vacation. I landed on Friday evening, so it’s
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Hey friends! It hasn’t been that long ago, but I am revisiting my very cheesy experiences with Jarlsberg cheese. Here’s where I admit that this is my entry to win a spot at Eat, Write, Retreat. See, Jarlsberg USA is looking for my favorite memory with their cheese and they’ll give me a spot at one of the coolest looking
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