Gnome de Plume

Sorry for the lack of bloggitiness, but I'm snowed in with my kidlet and busy making candy. Hopefully, the rest of my supplies will a...

I know it's a little early to be thinking of making Christmas candy, but I had huge blocks of Ghirardelli chocolate in the freezer and v...

Two days ago a writer friend posted a link to J. A. Konrath's blog .  Joe is the creator of Jack Daniels, a female detective, and the st...

Well, folks, any new recipes will be delayed due to my continued candy making. --Yes, I'm getting very tired of making candy. If I cou...

Yesterday started off so well. I had an awesome walkies. Fog had settled in, so I waited a little before I started walking. As I walked th...

I have so many blog posts that I want to write, but not enough time to do it. In fact, I have a sticky note by my keyboard with ten very dif...

Sooo . . . I've been experimenting with making caramel fillings. Well, one actually. The sea salt recipe was such a success that I wante...

As I mentioned last week, I gained weight--1.6 lbs to be exact. Just remember: Life happens. Weight gain happens. Challenges happen. ...

Every year the hubster tells me not to get carried away with making candy. --and every year I go nuts.  I enjoy making candy.  It's ri...

Over the last two days, I've been busy making candy fillings . . . and I'm not even close to finishing.  For the most part, I enjo...