Watermelon Popsicles
I grew up slurping Otter Pops and staining my tongue neon blue. These days, I’d rather color my lips with blueberries—especially frozen into an icy popsicle. I’ve had some of the best popsicles recently from FatFace, the genius gourmet treats from Jaymes Luu. She’s had a stand at the Davis Farmers’ Market for a few [...]
Baking with Kids: Applesauce Muffins
I’ve been on a bit of a muffin kick lately, thanks to the weird weather. I suggested them in desperation one day when it was raining (again!) and we needed some warmth. Turns out, though, that muffins are great to bake with my daughter. She gets to stir, it’s an educational activity, and we both [...]
Quince Slices You’ll Love
Quince is definitely not the easiest fruit to work with but if you’re willing to put some effort into it, it’s worth the eating reward. I’m finding I like this darn hard fruit more and more. I keep getting grocery bags full of seasonal fruit from various friends and just got one with the largest [...]
Making Whoopie Pies
Are whoopie pies the next big thing in desserts? Cupcakes have certainly had their run, and some argue that unusual ice cream flavors are still king. My vote is for the gourmet doughnut craze to reach Sacramento, but in the meantime, I’m hedging my bets with whoopie pies. What are whoopie pies, you ask? They’re [...]
Elderberry on the River
My friend Garrett recently mentioned running out of jam making fruits. I often cycle on the American River Bike Trail where abundant items lurk. Each ride I take note of the vast quantities of berries, which I’ve been told are the Himalayan blackberry variety, along with raspberries. Mentioning this, we ended up hoofing it to [...]
Term of the Week: Ableskiver
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my love of vintage cookbooks. They’re great for researching old recipes and finding out about oddball things like abelskivers. See, I got an ableskiver pan for my birthday and luckily my mother-in-law knew what it was on sight (she’s of Danish ancestry). Not knowing how to pronounce it [...]
Festa di Vino Affair & Fudge!
Last year, Women’s Empowerment (WE) graduate Patricia Carter was an aspiring pastry chef. When a layoff after 30 years in the now-crippled mortgage industry left her homeless, she turned to Women’s Empowerment to help her develop new marketable job skills. The non-profit helped her enroll in culinary classes at a local community college and she [...]
Sac Pie by Night
You may or may not know the newest, Sacramento area gal on the block. She is a working professional who enjoys making, eating, photographing, throwing, blogging, drawing, inventing, documenting, critiquing and discussing pie. She started her blog, SacPie late last year and just had her first SacPie Night I’ve known Kathy for about three years [...]
