Anyone out there grow up eating frozen pot pies? Anyone ever have a good frozen pot pie experience? Thought so. Frozen pies in tiny aluminum tins – Banquet, Swanson’s, store brand, didn’t matter – they all ended up with soggy bottoms (I’m not talking about those funny guys from the […]
Author: Debra
BUTTERSCOTCH PEAR PIE
I married a man who would eat sweets morning, noon and night if he had his way; in fact, the whole fam-damily loves sweets, including the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins – every single one of them inherited a sweet tooth. And if pie is on the menu, well then, it’s […]
SCARPETTA'S SPAGHETTI
Sometimes you just crave a plate of spaghetti (well at least I do) and now that Christmas is over, the house is empty of guests, our studio is closed for the rest of the week (WHOOPEE! sorry, I digress . . .) AND Jaden over at Steamy Kitchen posted this […]
BROCCOLI-CHEDDAR SOUP
We recently had to replace our furnace – heading into the holidays, no less – OUCH! And since the professor was on campus, I was in charge of wrangling 4 Maine Coons (have you ever tried wrangling cats, let alone big cats who weigh more than 15 lbs each??) as […]
LORRAINE'S CLAM DIP
There’s a picture of my family that was taken at my sister’s home in Arizona, December 2000; it was the last Christmas we would have with my dad who died from cancer September 7th, 2001, just four days before 9/11. It sits on my grandmother’s silverware chest – fitting because […]
CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL COOKIE BARS ALA MARTHA STEWART
We spent this past weekend with our ‘Nati’ family (translate: Cincinnati family) which is always filled with lots of laughs and great conversation; in fact, there was a story about cupcakes that put all of us into fits of laughter but that story will have to wait until another post. […]
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CUPCAKES
This past summer, we vacationed in Michigan with our Cincinnati family – all artists in their own right: Randy, an architectural engineer who designs museums all over the world, Elaine, owner of a graphics design company and sketches beautifully, Avery, a senior this year (OK – I need a moment […]
JUDITH’S CHEESE SOUFFLE
All those who have avoided making a souffle because you thought it was too difficult, raise your hand . . . (raises hand) I can’t tell you how many years, times I wanted to make a souffle and talked myself out of it because it involved whipping huge bowls of […]