Little Black Dress of Cakes

I have five words for you: strawberry white chocolate buttermilk cake.
Is there really anything more to say? Well, maybe two more words: whipped cream.
I was tempted to call this “strawberry shortcake” — it looks like one, right? — but I would be lying. Technically, a shortcake is more like a biscuit or scone, [...]

Sunday Night Dinner

Sunday Night Dinners are big chez moi. I cook during week, but given that I don’t get home until 7pm or later most nights, any recipe that takes more than an hour to get from the refrigerator to the table is instantly nixed.
But ah, Sundays. On Sundays I can spend a leisurely afternoon in the [...]

Thrown Together

I often think about what it must have been like to grow up in my dad’s house when he was a kid. By all accounts, there were always homemade baked goods on the counter. Always. His grandmother, a Hungarian immigrant and known to everyone as Gram, lived with him growing up and, well, although I know [...]