Hopefully, adventures are what you are having so far this summer. So much to do with so little time is how I feel. School is out, yet it seems like the upcoming school year is right around the corner. By the time I finally get accustomed to a relaxed summer Read More
Hello July. With all the cool rainy weather we’ve experienced, it feels like summer is just beginning. I’m trying to relish every single ray of sunshine and relaxing moment. Still, I feel rushed to cram in a ton since the best part of summer (“gorgeous weather”) is a less than Read More
Hello First Weekend of Summer Vacation. We finally made it. This weekend’s weather was gorgeous. I enjoyed the perfect trifecta of rest, work, and recreation. This week’s menu plan includes a variety of simple salads and grill ready meals. Hopefully you get out and enjoy all that summer has to Read More
An amazing thanks to he editors at The Genesee Valley Penny Saver for featuring me and this blog under their Hometown Feature Section. Genesee Valley Publications/Genesee Valley Penny Saver was founded in Avon in 1948 by Roger and Jane Harrison. Over the years, the Penny Saver has expanded to include Read More
When running my bakery I initially planned to solely use vegan based margarines that were dairy free. However the need for butter couldn’t be ignored since the adage “butter makes everything better” proved itself true when making french and italian styled butter creams. Soon I was baking with unfathomable amounts Read More
May certainly started and ended with a bang! The first day it was 90 degrees and the last day (yesterday) was a balmy 45 degrees with uninterrupted rain and in some parts of my state…flooding. These drastic highs and lows in many ways represent my life overall. A series of Read More
Hopefully it’s fun and sun in your neck of the woods as today marks the “unofficial start of summer 2015. I live for the easy, breezy, lull of summer and hope that we have finally and officially crossed the threshold of cold weather here in Upstate New York. Here’s to Read More
