Dessert

It’s summer!  Which means there should be some ice cream in your summer evenings, especially with soaring temperatures.  Watching the prices of ice cream soar made me question why I was buying it.  And then looking at the ingredients of even “quality” ice cream, again, …

Everyone has their “go-to” chocolate chip cookie recipe.  This one is ours.  Well, it’s actually Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s.  He’s a bartender in Portland who is a true craftsman behind the bar, and apparently knows how to make really good chocolate chip cookies.  Most chocolate chip cookie …

If you live in an area that grows local strawberries, make sure to take full advantage!  They’re not cheap, by any means, so you may not save money by making jams and turning it into every preservable item.  But this is a bounty to enjoy …

Birthdays, and every other milestone or accomplishment, are meant to be celebrated!  Other than the occasional batch of cookies or throwing together an apple or blackberry crisp for dessert, we don’t make a ton of desserts throughout the year.  Sugar is probably one of the …

Is there anything more Spring-like than a strawberry rhubarb pie?  Around April & May each Spring I start getting the urge to make one.  There’s not much overlap between when the rhubarb is in season and when local strawberries come on, but rhubarb lasts a …