The Wooden Spoon

I wanted to do a completely different Christmas menu this year. I've made roast beef, onion soup and cheesecake for years. This year I w...

I was recently invited to participate in a recipe swap. The stipulations were that the recipe I submitted should be easy to make and not hav...

My department at work had its annual Christmas party tonight. Originally I had planned on making my version of the Bacardi Rum Cake becaus...

Little pieces of heaven. I should leave it at that. They are that good. Really. Taste them for yourself. I'm always on the lookout for n...

This recipe came to me all the way from Indiana via my good friend, A, who frequently appears in my garden blog . She got it from a friend o...

I only bake pies three times a year. Blueberry, when the blueberries are in season, apple when the Macintoshes are in season and a pumpkin p...

I'm always on the look out for soup recipes. I only make three kinds of soup regularly: mushroom, onion , and potato . I would love to f...

I've been hearing a lot about focaccia but never actually tasted it. The few times that I have gone out to dinner, it was not on the men...

I don't like Starbucks coffee. And even if I found myself in a Starbucks, I wouldn't purchase any of their baked goods because I pre...

Since I started this blog, I've noticed that all of my cookbooks are old. I haven't bought a new one since I was divorced 14 years a...

As long as I am home and cooking this week, I decided to try a new breakfast treat. I got out my muffin cookbook and looked for a recipe wit...

I'm off from work this week to get my bulbs planted. Naturally, after a week of gorgeous, warm weather, this week is predicted to be muc...

The annual Fall Foliage Festival at Rutgers Gardens was held yesterday. Volunteers were urged to bring breakfast treats to share and a lunc...

Another meeting, another cookie recipe. I'll use any excuse to cook! This recipe has been sitting in my "Recipes to Try" folde...

When I was a child, my grandmother always made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for me. Much as I love(d) chocolate, the oatmeal part of the c...

Next Sunday is the Annual Master Gardeners' Picnic. It's Pot Luck everything. Bring a dish. Bring a drink. Bring a plant. Just one p...

The cool breezes of autumn are finally blowing and it's safe to go back into the kitchen. I've been wanting to try this recipe all s...

At long last, I have found the perfect chocolate cake. Well, almost perfect. It's a little dryer than I would like, but still much, much...

We have a small lounge area with seating in the ladies' room at work. Periodically, someone leaves magazines there. I'm not sure why...

I can't believe I fell for it! Again! I gave up years ago trying recipes from "gourmet" sources like "Gourmet Magazine...