The about a month ago NPR reported that despite the recession, people are actually spending more money. (A fact backed up by our record $52 billion spending over this Thanksgiving weekend.) Although it doesn’t make financial sense, I can understand the desire. In the United States most of us are raised on a culture of [...]
Once you make a huge life change it’s hard to plan out your days. Actually, that’s not true. The planning is the easy part. The follow through? Not so much.
The weather here has cooled off into the low 80s, which is how we know it’s autumn. Instinctively we know these days are always coming, [...]
I don’t know about anyone else, but when I want pie, I want it now. Or at least sometime before The Daily Show, which is not what would happen if I came home from work one night and decided to make pie on a whim.
When we were still working through the apples we picked [...]
When I was a kid, I remember going to a local farm for the sugar run. Let me tell you, there is nothing quite like freshly created maple syrup, drizzled warm over vanilla ice cream. Hoo boy. I wish I had some right now.
I do have the syrup. Thanks to my mom, we have [...]
It’s a shame I live in Texas, because I really love fall. I love the crisp air, crunchy leaves, cute sweaters, and snuggling under blankets. I love the warm spices of the season and how they intermingle with simple ingredients to make amazing things. Like pumpkin pie. Like coffee cake. Like lovely, smooth apple butter [...]











