School’s started, and the days are getting shorter, true, but I’m not ready to let go of summer yet. …
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This blackberry pie recipe calls for maple syrup instead of granulated sugar. Made with fresh or frozen berries, it tastes like summer in dessert form.
One single blackberry, sun-warm and sweet on my tongue, can instantly transport me back to the summer-time of my childhood….
When Eliza said, “I was just thinking, Mama,” the other day, I braced myself. Usually outlandish or extreme requests follow this phrase. …
I usually shy away from cookies studded with walnuts or pecans. Besides the fact that I’m allergic to walnuts, chunky nuts, in my opinion, interfere with the chocolate-to-dough balance in a perfect bite of cookie.
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Create a komodo dragon cake from a single sheet cake and marshmallow fondant.
My friend Ellie, who just turned six, asked for a pink bedroom for her birthday. Her mom and grandmother spent a week painting her walls a combination of Pom Pom and Princess pink….
Ripe cherries, awash in thick lemony syrup top brown sugar-almond shortbread. A sprinkling of almond-streusel topping adds extra sweetness to these Cherry Almond Bars.
This summer, just like last summer, I bought too many cherries. My children, who gobbled them madly for weeks, now refuse to eat them….
