Lemon Snowdrop Cookies

Have you ever noticed there's a camaraderie among lemon lovers? It's not that way with chocolate lovers or any-other-kind-of-food lovers. Could it be that people assume everybody loves chocolate so there's no need to band together? I'm not exactly sure what it is but I know that lemon lovers love to share great lemon recipes [...]

Bacon and Tomato Pasta

Do you have a quick and amazing meal that you can just pull out of your pocket at a moment's notice?  An easy "rave-producer" that rocks your guests or your family with equal and absolute gusto each and every time? I'd love to hear what it is at your house. This Bacon and Tomato Pasta [...]

Three-Layer Berry and Brown Sugar Pavlova

I've said this before and I can't really explain it in logical terms, but when you live on the water, what you see when you look out your window at any given moment, seems to play a big part in how you view the world. Or more specifically, what type of mood you view it [...]

New York-Style Crumb Cake

Speaking of my tried and true home recipes... here is a family (and friends) favorite I've made a zillion times, that comes from The Foster's Market Cookbook, a wonderful book by Sara Foster who owns Foster's Markets, two café takeout shops in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Most of the pages in my own copy are [...]