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Sandwich these babies up, wrap ‘em in plastic and chill until they’ve firmed up. It’s like April Fool’s Day in August.

I am wading through plums, and I am starting to feel more and more like a fool.  Like many novice fruit pickers, I struggle with the eternal question: Is this fruit ripe yet? Last year I made several blunders, picking apples, plums, and Asian pear...

 I've been looking for a good strawberry cake recipe.  I found this one and besides using fresh strawberries its very easy.  Instead of a cake I opted to make cupcakes.The icing also uses fresh strawberries and together with this cake it...

One of the most rewarding vegetables to grow yourself are carrots. Like tomatoes the flavor of a grocery store carrot cannot compete with homegrown carrots. Homegrown carrots are deliciously complex while grocery store varieties tend to be bland and flavorless. Orange maybe the most common color for carrots but my favorites are the yellow...

I returned from my vacation and was greeted by two big bags of apricots from my neighbor’s yard.  I knew I wanted to transform some into jam.  I also had guests coming to dinner and wanted to provide them with a delicious dessert. Whatever to do? I took a hint from the millions of...

I’ll be honest. I don’t really know whose recipe this is. It might be Nana’s, but it might also be Aunt Marg’s. I first remember eating this cake at Aunt Marg’s house in Spokane, WA. I was on a cross-country trip with my Uncle Woody and Brett (both of whom I tortured mercilessly from...

Makes one 9-by-5-inch loaf Recipe from Ellen Haertle, whose Bake It With Booze blog written with Jacqueline Arnold, bakeitwithbooze.com, is a Sac Connect partner with sacbee.com. Adapted from Sweet Pea's Kitchen and Erica's Sweet Tooth. I...

We are starting to cross things off of our Summer Bucket List, and I have to say that having a list is proving to be the best thing that we could have done. As a family, we have always been up for an adventure. But when we lived in Kansas, it was so easy...

As we get older doesn't life seem to get much more complicated? We tend to take a lot things for granted and forget the small joys in life. For example, the other day I was at the doctor's office and I had to go on the elevator. I stepped in ...

Baking is a great release for times when my kid isn’t perfect.