Happy Birthday to Me! Born under the sign of Cancer, my birthday falls on the holiday weekend. As a child, I was often disappointed that friends could not come to my party, or that we would be off on a summer vacation. My favorite cake was vanilla with marshmallow frosting, covered in toasted coconut (Recipe […]
Three Layer Coconut Cake
Three Layer Coconut Cake with Seven Minute Frosting Makes One Three Layer Coconut Cake (with Frosting) This layer cake is the one from my childhood dreams. It was the cake I wished my mother would bake, instead of buying the Pepperidge farm version. This recipe is a classic, and included it in one of my […]
Arugula, Couscous and Lentil Salad
Gates and Arbors
GROW AN HEIRLOOM The gates and arbors at Colonial Williamsburg are works of art, and have inspired many of my own kitchen garden designs. Growing flowering vines up a trellis, pruning a shrub into a canopy or patiently tending to an espalier design for heirloom fruit trees requires vision. Nothing grows fast, yet when it […]
10 Tips for a Salad Lovers Garden
About the Salad Lovers Garden Scroll down for a free garden design and planting guide, plus 10 tips for successful growing. A series of small beds provide easy successive planting that will keep a steady supply of greens from seed to salad bowl. A Salad Lover’s Garden can be as small as a perfect one-square-foot plot, […]
Asparagus with Wild Mushrooms
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Ginger Molasses Cookies | Makes 4 dozen cookies Ginger Molasses Cookies have been standard New England fare for decades. I’ve added more ginger and other spices, a small bit of molasses to make them more pliable and dust with raw sugar while still hot. This recipe is to my mind seasonal recipe, even though nothing […]
