Homemade Cinnamon Rolls – cool rise sweet dough
Years and years ago, when I was ten years old, I had the exciting privilege of spending the day with Auntie Joan, learning to make homemade cinnamon rolls. I was ecstatic. (The thing that bends my...
View ArticleHappy New Year from My Sister’s Kitchen!
As we step into the year 2009, we both want to take the time to say thank you to our wonderful readers who continue to come back to our kitchen. This blog started with a sisterly phone call (“Hey,...
View ArticleThe Medieval Lords and Ladies Feast
One of the joys of homeschooling is getting to do fun things with other homeschool families. This year my boys and I are studying the Middle Ages with two other families. We get together every few...
View ArticleGrandma’s Jan Hagel cookies, #1
December 1: My grandma was an amazing woman. She never went a day without cookies in the cookie jar. Not only was she always prepared to serve Grandpa cookies with his mid-morning coffee or...
View ArticleNell’s Lemon Bars, #24
December 24: As I’ve mentioned before, I tend to go for chocolate when it comes to desserts. There are, however, a few exceptions to that tendency. Grandma’s lemon bars are just delicious and the...
View ArticleBaked oatmeal: not the porridge your grandma made!
My kids LOVE oatmeal. (Okay, I’ll also admit that one of them likes to eat it uncooked, by the handful…odd boy) Years ago, I worked at a camp up in northern British Columbia, called Rock Nest Ranch....
View ArticleOne of Mom’s perfect recipes: Bran muffins
Bringing another favorite out of retirement here….these bran muffins are the PERFECT accompaniment to all the soups and chilis that we’re eating during this very, very snowy month of February. This is...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day, Mom!
We want to take this opportunity to wish our mom a very happy Mother’s Day! Mom taught both of us the basics of cooking. Probably more important, we learned from Mom something that nobody can actually...
View ArticlePlanning Food for the 4th of July
When I was growing up, some of our best parties happened on the 4th of July. We’d grill hamburgers or hot dogs, drink pop from cans, eat gallons of fresh fruit salad, have watermelon seed fights, and...
View ArticleWhere to eat on vacation: California’s Sierra Nevada
One of the pressing concerns for summer-time eats is “Where do we eat while we’re on vacation?” At least, that’s a pressing concern on MY mind. My approach to vacation is to eat my way through a...
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