Posted in health, inspiration, sweets on October 9th, 2009 3 Comments »
“This blessed Earth has given us many wonderful foods. I believe our trust is best placed in foods the way Nature intends, not in products concocted in laboratories by multinational corporations trying to exploit the vegetarian market. ”
~ John Robbins, Author The Food Revolution & Healthy at 100
Rarely do I choose to write here about […]
Posted in desserts, holidays, recipes, sweets on November 15th, 2008 No Comments »
“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.”
~ Steve Almond, American Fiction Writer
This is the mother of all cakes, made for my favorite season, Autumn. And for me the best spiritual harvest of the year is in the cool and leaf-strewn time between my two favorite holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving. […]
Posted in desserts, recipes, sweets on August 29th, 2008 4 Comments »
“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.”
~Anatole France, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1921
Somehow, it didn’t seem appropriate to call this a bread.
I tried that tact when I first made it but Serge agreed that it was far too sweet and moist to […]
Posted in recipes, sweets on January 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Serge, Matt and myself went and spent New Year’s Eve with my friend Chuck and his girlfriend Diane. They are both known to be fantastic cooks and that is why I am always more than pleased to accept a dinner invitation to their place.
Chuck is Greek and has been commanded by his grandmother to […]
