Thanksgiving is one of my all time favorite holidays, not a surprise since it's all about feasting. When I was a kid my parents hosted it and we would have around 40 people attend. Since almost every holiday was 40 or more, this didn't seem odd to me. What was odd was when in [...]
In my desire to throw myself head first into fall, I’ve been obsessing on some kind of apple dessert. Not cakes, something moist and very, very apply. I became intrigued with making an apple clafouti but loaded with sliced apples, baked in a spring form pan instead of the classic pie pan or gratin [...]
I love melons. They’re in season now and they linger into fall. We’re all tempted to eat melons at other times of the year, but really this is the time to eat them. They’re ripe and juicy now. Since we’ve had a hot spell recently I started reminiscing about a cold melon soup that [...]
