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Nonie Margie's lemon meringue pie: Al Piccardo of Sacramento swears by this recipe, handed down by his mother. Peggy Piccardo

I love the way my husband gives. It’s always from the heart and it is always without abandon. Whether it’s his time or his money he gives what he wants regardless to what we have in the bank or to how

After turkey you HAVE to have pie! The other day I shared that I loved to cook with my Grandparents and learn new recipes, one being the Red Hot Apples I posted about, another was a pie recipe dating back to the 1930's during the Great Depression...Ritz Cracker Mock Apple Pie. I thought I would...

So we got all moved into our house. There are boxes everywhere and I can't find anything, but we're in. My parents left (thank goodness for their moving help!) and we were looking forward to a nice and relaxing night in our new home. A glass of wine...

I actually was not going to post these but after posting a photo on Facebook I kept receiving notes asking how I made them, so I figured I'd better get it up on the blog.Thank you - to all of you - for the notes and kind words - here you go.Cherry pie ...

This is the most Googled post I've ever written (well, the French toenails vies for that as well), which would seem to indicate I might have a career as a food blogger.

Following my experiment with vodka pie crust, I decided to continue exploring these newfound possibilities of turning out perfectly crispy pie crust - with booze!This time, the variable was brandy. I used the same base pie crust recipe, from Martha Ste...

    Figs and goat cheese are two of my favorites.  Add a glass of Sancerre and you’re in for a treat.  I recently put my favorite fig aside and tried blueberries with creamy goat cheese layered in a pastry crust.  This is my new choice for an anytime galette. Blueberries and goat cheese...

Yesterday was my one year blogiversary! I really can't believe it's been a whole year of baking and posting.  It's been so amazing (virtually) meeting so many other bloggers and finding a place in such a great community. A year ago I was in a ...

If you are trying to squeeze the last bits out of summer, make a peach pie.  What says summer more than a peach pie?  I saw this peach almond galette in the July issue of Country Living and immediately made it.  The original recipe only uses peaches, but I didn’t have enough to fill...