Swedish pancakes are a bit different than your ordinary pancake. More like a crepe, they are often filled with butter and jam, or dusted with powdered sugar. Compared to regular pancakes, making Swedish pancakes may seem like a lot of work. When considering the quality of the pancake, however, I think you will find they are well worth it
Life gets busy and complicated and when it does we need to be reminded to be open to the essence of what’s really important, and let the rest go…or at least loosen our grip on it a little.
What a week. Following a trip to the coast, a Valentine’s Day cooking extravaganza and a quiet President’s Day break, Shrove Tuesday has arrived without me giving a thought to the pancakes that are expected..
If you read this blog regularly you may know that pancakes make me smile. There is something so basic and elemental about them. They are a real comfort food…
These days, I don’t often take the time to make jams, jellies or other fruit preserves. I do, however, enjoy making fruit butter at harvest time. Working with the luscious ripe fruit brings Uncle Hal to mind. I think of his delight in the luxurious harvest and his enjoyment in helping his family to preserve it. When the fruit begins to simmer and its delicious fragrance permeates my kitchen I am struck by the healing force of gratitude and I can’t help but smile.
These past few weeks have been an interesting journey in relying on family and friends and learning new ways of accomplishing the most common routines. With my writing hand in a big splint following surgery my activities as well as my writing have been limited. Luckily I have been blessed […]
de in a slow cooker, Homemade Apple Butter, spiced with cardamom, allspice and cinnamon, is a wonderful treat on a cool autumn day. The process of making it is so simple, fragrant and delicious that it just might turn into a treasured family tradition.
Lost and Found When I think of summer desserts one of the first recipes that comes to mind is for Sablé of Berries and Soft Cream, attributed to Jacques Pépin in an article I cut from a magazine many years ago. This recipe is simple and yet sublime. It is […]
How is cooking like writing poetry? It is, in the end, all a process of alchemy. To make a chocolate truffle or pen a verse, we begin with a bit of this and a bit of that. Soon, the happy affinity of one bit for another transforms the whole into a new creation. What we end up with is often quite delicious and so much more than the sum of its parts.
The uniquely spiced fruit and earthy crunch of this Hazelnut Pear Flambé sauce lends Northwest flair to a variety of simple but elegant desserts.
Tasty and packed with healthy ingredients, Soul-Stirring Oatmeal Cookies are a nutritious treat that you can feel great about baking and sharing. This flexible recipe allows for add-ins to make good use of odds and ends you may find languishing in your pantry.