cookies and bars

Winter’s first snowfall, usually, leaves me feeling childish anticipation for the season. Last night it just felt wet and cold. Walking home…

I told you a couple of weeks ago that I would be baking cookies over the next few months to give away…

I love fennel seed. In fact, I would go so far as to say I crave it. I use it in pasta…

I had a really long day yesterday. I slept poorly, was up early and worked a long day. I’m getting ready to launch…

I saw Kaitie on Sunday. She met us at the Toronto airport during our lay-over holding a homemade cardboard sign that said,…

I love lavender. The delicate scent and stunning color calms me. There’s a reason lavender essential oil is used in aromatherapy! I saw it growing…

I met my daughter Sara when she two and a half years old. Ralph used to bring her to the aerobics class…

Valentine’s Day 1989 was the first time that I cooked for Ralph. We had been dating for nine months, without me so much…

It’s 6:15 am. I have difficulty sleeping when my daughters are traveling home. Until they walk through the front door, my heart…

As I worked away in my kitchen this morning baking savory cookies, I was thinking about twenty-five years ago this month. I was…