Cooking Ahead on a Wet Spring Day
What does a food obsessed woman who lives out in the country do on a wet, chilly, rainy, spring weekend day? Why she cooks, of course! It’s 10-ish o’clock in the morning and I have three make ahead meal…
Where there’s a will there’s a ‘whey’: in which I make mozzarella cheese
Today for the first time in 35 years I made Mozzarella Cheese. Having lost so many cookbooks in the fire so long ago I only recently searched out a good basic home cheese book and went back to making all…
Meet Our New Pig: Dorothy Dottie Dot
We have a new pig!! DDD is an American Guinea Hog. She is still a bit shy after having been separated from her litter mates. My husband created a comfy room for her in the barn for now but soon…
Twice-Baked Potatoes on a drizzly day
About once a year I get the urge to bake up a huge batch of twice-baked potatoes for the freezer. It’s a simple operation but one that goes easier if you have everything laid out and ready when the…
Cupcake Decoration Class March 21
CUPCAKES!!! Do you love CUPCAKES? Who doesn’t love CUPCAKES? Please join us to learn basics of the fun and rewarding art of creative and delicious decoration. Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 10 am to noon Lauren Baber and Momo Sipe…
Split Pea Soup – Winter’s Comfort Food
My Split Pea Soup was inspired by Andersen’s Restaurant, Solvang, California, c. 1952 When I was a little girl in the early 1950s it took almost 18 hours to drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Highway 101. My…