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Coconut Birthday Cake

Coconut Birthday Cake

Decadent, Elaborate

17 Mar 2009
My Aunt Julie made this unbelievably good cake for a recent family get-together.  The cake is gooey, decadent and lends itself to beautiful decoration with ...

Pre-Spring Party

Pre-Spring Party

Comfort, Decadent, Elaborate, Life, Wine

14 Mar 2009
Or is it Spring Pre-Party?  We decided to have a little party to celebrate the impending arrival of spring (we hope)!  It was a fun ...

Spontaneous Dinner Party

Spontaneous Dinner Party

Comfort, Decadent, Wine

29 Jan 2009
Spontaneous, as in, "Surprise, honey, I'm bringing home five people for dinner!"  Some of my husband's coworkers were stranded because of canceled flights and a ...

 
In Search of Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies

In Search of Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies

Comfort, Decadent, Fast

13 Jan 2009
Found 'em: Cooking for Engineers Peanut Butter Cookies.  But let's start this story at the beginning.  Today I had a crazy, ridiculous peanut butter cookie ...

Apple Crisp

Apple Crisp

Comfort

30 Sep 2008
Apples are another traditional Rosh Hashanah food.  This apple crisp recipe comes from about.com. I used McIntosh apples instead of Granny Smith and liked the results.  ...

Super Sweet Caramel-Like Apple Pie

Super Sweet Caramel-Like Apple Pie

Decadent, Elaborate

21 Sep 2008
I checked out allrecipes.com to find a good apple pie recipe and came across Apple Pie by Grandma Ople.  This recipe had an incredible 1,547 ...

 
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