Honey & Plum Rice Pudding

Honey & Plum Rice Pudding

by | Aug 28, 2015 | 2 comments

I can feel it – it is definitely coming… a little too soon for me. I saw a school bus driving up the mountain to drop off excited and exhausted children returning from their first day of the school year and the light over the mountains and through the trees is...
Cinnamon Honey Raisin Bread

Cinnamon Honey Raisin Bread

by | Aug 12, 2015 | 5 comments

I stood on a stool at the kitchen counter inside her English Tudor style home in Brentwood, California. She looked like Catherine Deneuve – ultra feminine, with a translucent English complexion, vivid blue eyes, with a petite and perfect figure. She had an...
Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes

Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes

by | Jul 24, 2015 | 3 comments

These Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes are light, fluffy, and bursting with fresh flavor. Perfect for slow mornings, with or without the ricotta. When the Cat Is Your Alarm Clock My insomnia won again last night. I lay in bed long before dawn, staring up at the...
Chocolate Chip Cookie

Chocolate Chip Cookie

by | Jul 15, 2015 | 1 comment

I was walking towards the end of the dock when she ran up behind me and said with great pride, “I have sixteen boo-boos on my legs” and then the six-year-old or so, jumped off the dock, water-wings and all. I was a sissy and lowered myself down the ladder – glacier...