Today is Husband’s birthday! We’re celebrating at the Vero Beach Hotel & Spa for two nights, enjoying a staycation. We sat on the balcony and watched the sunrise, and then walked down to The Lemon Tree for breakfast today (and plan to tomorrow). Later today we’ll go to an 11:00 movie, have a late lunch, […]
Month: August 2015
Chocolate Ganache
You might think all I do is bake and go to parties. This summer we’ve had a few get togethers with friends, but it isn’t all the time. For Memorial Day I made desserts for two parties we went to. The first one was primarily adults, and I made Strawberry Cream Pie (see recipe posted […]
A Writer’s Life
I look forward to the day when I have an AutoChef like Eve Dallas has in J.D. Robb’s In Death series. Until then, my husband and I share cooking and dish duty. I’m lucky that he does his own laundry. I do mine and the common laundry (sheets, towels). We both clean the house.Grocery shopping, […]
Vanilla Sugar
Am I the only one who loves the smell of vanilla? I don’t even measure it when I bake – I just pout it in, eyeballing the amount required. If a little extra gets in, that’s fine by me.I recently used vanilla beans to make pastry cream. I split the bean lengthwise, and used the […]
