The timing of the BC cartoon in this morning’s paper couldn’t have been better. A fruitcake sent as a gesture of friendship brings an angry response from the unwilling recipients. The poor fruitcake has become a cliché, sadly, and there is no way I would ever send one as a gift to anyone—even an ‘enemy’. [...]

I broke down yesterday and bought stuff to make some Christmas goodies. All my resolve not to bake this year just melted away and I charged through Walmart with my buggy, snatching ingredients from the shelves with reckless abandon. Baking with the kids this past weekend broke the ice a little, but it just wasn’t [...]

Back from our Thanksgiving break, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We did eat some wonderful food! Having been on our diet for a month, all the food tasted absolutely delicious. Now it’s back to the routine, and back to the diet, but, oh! those yummy memories!! Before the big day I surfed the Internet looking for [...]

We are having a houseful of company this weekend. I LOVE it! I always like to choose recipes that allow me to prepare as much as possible long before our guests arrive. Especially at breakfast, it is difficult for me to get everything ready at one time without a little help from my old standbys–Monkey [...]

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We had such a sweet, wonderful holiday, full of family and friends who are near and dear to us, so it was terrific! You can NEVER get too much LOVE, but one thing we did get too much of was food-food-food. We always over-estimate how much we will need [...]