Gnome de Plume

For those of you who dabble in social media, you might have seen me post this picture last Friday. The point of this picture is to show...

Many, many years ago, I made this recipe from Bon Appetit magazine. It turned out beautifully. I used chocolate covered coffee beans to de...

When my daughter started school this year, we knew the sixth graders would be working on a pumpkin project. We had experience with this ...

When I posted last week's gingerbread truffle recipe, Marilyn mentioned that she'd never had gingerbread. After about 3 days, I real...

Today is my hubster's birthday! EDIT note: I took pictures, but obviously the light wasn't nearly bright enough! Hopefully, I...

I worked in a hospital lab on night shift for about eleven years, and this recipe came from my old boss, Richard. I’m not a coconut fan, but...

This cake came from my mom. I have no idea where she got it, but I do know she used to make it all the time for special occasions. Yes, you ...

This recipe has been passed around many times. I’ve seen some rendition of it in newspapers, magazines and on blogs like this one. Bundt cak...

I have no idea where my mom got this recipe. I just know that over the last 15+ years it has been the ‘fall-back’ birthday cake recipe. Ch...

Today I’m posting another breakfast item. I cut this recipe out of the newspaper in 2007--I actually wrote the date on the silly thing this ...

And here’s another Bon Appetit recipe. I made this cake numerous times in 2008/2009 from family occasions to the hubby’s work parties.   Thi...