I just celebrated another year on the planet with a food feast. I love being the host. It gives me such great satisfaction to prepare a meal that feeds notContinue reading “Toast Tuesday: the cake”
Category Archives: baking
compliments always make a girl feel good
This time of year is especially brutal at work. Customers are angry, coworkers are grumpy, and it hasn’t stopped raining in months. I think I’ve mentioned before we don’t haveContinue reading “compliments always make a girl feel good”
snow day(s)
Portland doesn’t see snow too often and when we do most folks just don’t know what to do. The powers-that-be at work decided we needed to stick it out forContinue reading “snow day(s)”
Lemony Lemon Ginger Scones
Baking for a Cause: The Trilogy… If it hadn’t been decided earlier (which I am sure it had) Lula’s Kitchen will never be a breakfast joint. A) I’m not aContinue reading “Lemony Lemon Ginger Scones”
Pass over the scones
One of my favorite things about Passover is the charoset. and truth be told, my charoset is the only reason I get invited to the Seders I do. 😉 Continue reading “Pass over the scones”
Life gave me lemons so I made candied lemon peels
I make no bones about working 2 jobs and going 90mph through life. As the saying goes, a rolling stone gathers no moss, but I figure that also holds trueContinue reading “Life gave me lemons so I made candied lemon peels”
little miss muffin
We surround ourselves with people who compliment us. Of course we aren’t going to hang out with someone who constantly tells us how fat we are or how bad weContinue reading “little miss muffin”
a sunday without the superbowl
Be forewarned… long day of fun with lots of pictures This glorious Sunday morning started with an outing to the Milwaukie Center dog park to meet new puppy Jack. whatContinue reading “a sunday without the superbowl”
good music and pumpkin bread
I have great neighbors. They house sit, fix things and share treats. So when Mrs. Neighbor knocked on the door in the fall and gave me tickets to a seriesContinue reading “good music and pumpkin bread”
Coe cookies
There was a time when I baked only for one. I had no trust in my baking skills and I knew this one would never complain. Sure enough every timeContinue reading “Coe cookies”