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Smooth Cranberry Sauce frozen and sliced in an Anchor Hocking pressed glass serving boat beside a pierced silver serving spoon.

Smooth Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Brightly tart fresh cranberries shine in this simple recipe for a smooth jellied cranberry sauce. This version uses less sugar than most to create a mildly spiced adaptation of a Thanksgiving classic.

Cold Peach Soup served as first course soup and as a dessert spooned over Pound Cake

Cold Peach Soup, A Vintage Pleasure Start to Finish

Cool and satisfying, Cold Peach Soup is a beautiful first course for a light summer meal. Spooned over Pound Cake or ice cream it also makes a delicious dessert. This versatile recipe combines a spiced simple syrup with white wine and seasonal fruit in a recipe that is easy to prepare in advance and perfect for sharing.

A loaf of old fashioned pound cake cut into thick golden slices and served with a bowl of peaches

A Basic Old-Fashioned Pound Cake

I love summer. There is a sweet simplicity in the minimalism of the season; less clothing, less ingredients, less fuss. In summer it is often the simple things that are the most appealing. I am drawn to backyard picnics, ice cold drinks in glass bottles still damp from the cooler, languid hours of sunshine slipping into a warm twilight, watching stars emerge in the darkening sky all the more striking for their tardiness…

A whipped cream topped slice of All-in-One Strawberry Shortcake on a dotted dessert plate

All-in-One Strawberry Shortcake

Does your summer need just one more Strawberry Shortcake? It’s getting hot out there and strawberries have been on the menu for weeks. That first blush of wonder and rapt appreciation for deeply saturated, fresh from the vine, local flavor has been sated. And still the scent of fresh strawberries, […]

Chocolate-Covered Digestive Cookies on a black wire rack

Pretty Little Chocolate-Covered Digestive Cookies

Change can be hard to digest. Yet, proper digestion remains critical to our overall health, both physical and mental. Maybe that’s why I thought this was a good time to make some Chocolate-Covered Digestive Cookies. These semi-sweet cookies are made from a dough that is rich in whole grains. The dough holds its shape through baking and produces a pretty cutout cookie to enjoy plain or topped with chocolate.

Moroccan Chickpea and Barley Salad on a a square plate with antique silver serving spoon.

Moroccan Chickpea and Barley Salad

Ras al hanout is the potent ingredient that makes this salad special. It is a blend of various spices used to flavor meals in the middle east and Africa. Rather than a set blend of a few spices, ras al hanout can have dozens of spices in the mix and which spices it contains varies depending on the source…

Beehive Peach with Bourbon Sauce in an outdoor setting

Beehive Peach with Bourbon Sauce

Aside from the sauce, there are only two ingredients in this recipe, peaches and pie dough. You can hardly beat that for simplicity. And if that’s not enough to convince you to give it a try, the first line of the recipe takes the simplicity even further when it tells us “Do not peel peaches or remove seeds.”…

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Pear Ginger Shrub in a glass with straw and spoon on a vintage apron.

Pear Ginger Shrub

Pear Ginger Shrub incorporates seasonal flavors in an interesting drink mix without getting too complicated. The ginger gives this beverage a nice bite while the flavor of ripe pear adds soft sophistication. Try it with club soda over ice or experiment with a cocktail recipe of your own.