Sometimes life is like a bowl of sour cherries… but I’m not complaining!
Yes you heard me right, sour (tart) cherries are now ripe and ready for picking in the Leona Valley (just North of Los Angeles, CA near Palmdale). SOUR cherries?? you’re probably thinking, why would I want those? Because, let me tell you [...]
Posted by: Will on June 26th, 2009 ©
Filed under: Baking, Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments, Fruit, Preserves, Seasonal-Summer, Sweets | 4 Comments »
I can’t tell you much about the Kona Inn, but if you’re craving some delicious banana bread I promise this recipe will bring you satisfaction.
When Stepmother left me and my sister as young adults she knew we would be left craving some of the fine baked goodies we were brought up on so she was [...]
Posted by: Will on June 8th, 2008 ©
Filed under: Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Sweets | 28 Comments »
Oh, dear reader, I know the signs. A blog in its last death-throes. The “sorry”s and “back soon”s and promises of reform, the ever decreasing posts. I recognize the symptoms, and I’ll admit it’s not easy to keep alive these little homes we carve out of thin air. But [...]
Posted by: Rose on March 15th, 2008 ©
Filed under: Food for Thought, Sweets | 10 Comments »
It’s dark, now, as I leave the office in the evenings, and I’m finding it harder to motivate for anything but curling up in a big chair with a book and a cup of tea. But the “to do” list seems to double in length daily, and somehow it seems like time is being trimmed [...]
Posted by: Rose on November 20th, 2007 ©
Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments, Fruit, Menus, Sweets | 4 Comments »
Saturday mornings mean my usual pilgrimage to the San Francisco Ferry Building Farmers Market. I try to go early, before the bulk of gawkers and tourists arrive, but I usually get there just as everyone else does. And truth be told, I don’t really mind. I wander happily through the crowds, [...]
Posted by: Rose on October 21st, 2007 ©
Filed under: Fruit, Sweets | 18 Comments »
