by Pipka | Aug 26, 2022 | Journal
Last week I baked 8 cakes. Five of them were Almond Cakes made with recipes from my Almond Cake Recipe Booklet. Almond Cake with Apricots and Apricot filling.Almond Cake with Door County Cherries & Chocolate chips.Almond Cake with Fresh Blueberries.Almond Cake...
by Pipka | Aug 5, 2022 | Journal
“I am going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life.” – Elsie De Wolfe I have my mother to thank for everything beautiful in my life. She was a single Mom, worked 5 days a week, but always had a beautiful home and flowers on the table. She gave...
by Pipka | Jul 12, 2022 | Journal
Isn’t it amazing that you can hold an inanimate object made of papers that have black markings on them, papers earmarked, words underlined, scribbled notes in the margins, and this object, this book, becomes your best friend? You panic if you can’t find it among the...
by Pipka | Jun 11, 2022 | Journal
Hello Summer! Sunshine, rain, herbs, flowers, birds chirping, bunnies nibbling on my plants…HELLO, SUMMER! Not that the winter was so terrible. It’s wasn’t particularly cold. We didn’t have snowfalls like we used to. But it seemed so LONG. I think I’m still coming out...
by Pipka | Jun 11, 2022 | bake
Are you getting sick of being inside? Ready for summer? It’s barely Spring, but I’m already making my Summer Cherry Tomato Tart. I can’t resist this tasty tart with it’s buttery crust, cherry tomatoes and goat cheese topping. I tell myself it must be healthy because...