My grandad lived in New York City, but on occasion he would come visit us in Virginia. When he did, my Mom always made this cake...it was his ...

I live in the western part of Sonoma County, CA. A lot of the area where I live was settled with Americans (as opposed to the native Americans who lived ...

We had a lovely spring day yesterday. It wasn't chilly but by lunch time I wanted soup, so I made a nice veggie soup. This isn't a vegetarian or vegan soup ...

 Doing egg dying the old fashioned way with boiling water, vinegar and food coloring, I made these yesterday. A few went to a friend, Paula, in a sort of ...

So much fun to have a bearing apple tree. Sometimes I don't have enough free time to harvest many of them, but when I do, I often make applesauce. My tree ...

One of our favorite Christmas day treats is a Raspberry Almond Kringle pastry. I usually make the pastry part the night before and then add the jam and ...

This has been an interesting fortnight (fourteen nights) for the Sebastopol Lachmans. We celebrate today, Mother's Day, that I'm finally sleeping in my own ...

Memorial Day Weekend is a great time for visiting family and for events. Sweetie and I spent some time in Phoenix at the wedding of Landon and ...

It's been a while since I last posted, so you get a two-fer. We have a recipe for a galette and one for hand pies with a tender, buttery dough.  ...

August is often a changeable month, a bit like April or even March. Sometimes it's hot and you know it's summer, but then you look on the ground, as ...