Granola makes a wonderful healthy gift any time of year. Filled with nutritional goodness of almonds, pecans, dried cherries, oats, local honey, maple syrup (the real stuff), raisins, and dates. When guests arrive, have granola ready to serve over greek yogurt for breakfast or in small bags for a hike in the woods. Recently I ...
Panettone is not just for Christmas. This moist yeasty light bread is filled with surprises like ginger, orange peel, apricots, and rum soaked raisins. Add your own special touches of flavor. Our family first discovered Italian Panettone packaged in a pretty red box on a gas station shelf in rural Honduras. Particularly a favorite of ...
The ultimate comfort food. This soup is an especially nutritious soup that is flexible and nourishing. The weather cools off and the vegetables are still in the market. It is a good time of year to take advantage of rooted vegetables. I'm talking about onions, garlic, beets, carrots, leeks, squash, and even pumpkin! The more variety, ...
Halloween was over and we had some incredible pumpkins that were too beautiful and large to throw out. I cut them up in large chunks, lightly buttered, and baked them for an hour at 375 degrees. The chunks were soft and pliable. The baking removes the acidity of the pumpkin and gives it a nutty ...
Mrs. Ruth Wakefield in 1930 accidentally discovered the now ubiquitous chocolate chip cookie. Like so many recipes that have evolved around the world, the story goes that Mrs. Wakefield was making a butter cookie and was given a chocolate bar from Andrew Nestle and broke the chocolate up in the cookie. The combination delighted her ...