Probably one of the most fun parties to throw, as well as attend, is one with a carnival theme. Oh the fun you can have with it!  Who doesn’t love games, cotton candy and popcorn?

I helped throw a kid’s carnival party for Emma, the daughter of my best friend.  One of the best things about [...]

Of all the things I cook and bake from scratch, I’ve never really ventured into bread making. Baking bread has always seemed a bit scary to me (crazy, I know). Back in February I tackled a recipe for big, soft Bavarian pretzels and they were a delicious success. This past weekend, I took the plunge [...]

Happy Friday!

With Memorial Day on Monday, this shorten week sure flew by fast!  We’re starting off the weekend with a piano recital by our littlest sister, NoNo, this evening. She’s the baby of our family, and we always think of her as 10 years old, but she is graduating high school in just a few [...]

A long three day weekend means lots of time in the kitchen. I went home on Friday with a stack of recipes I had come across during the week. Some were from blogs, some from magazines, some from books, but all shared a common theme: seasonal ingredients.

I didn’t make it through the whole stack (napping [...]