Time For A Picnic!

It's Picnic Time photo
Outside is calling. It is time to dine outside and pack a picnic. Visit the Chow Town Blog, of the Kansas City Star, for our post on picnics, with lots of tips to make the packing simple. Now, what sounds good to eat? Glamorous picnics are captured in slick photos, but so many picnics are the grab-and-go variety. Yet even if you race to the picnic table, the food need not be boring. How about some new ideas? [Keep reading...]

Sparkling Sangria

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The sizzle of summer days ahead need cool cocktails. One favorite I make during the summer is Sparkling Sangria and I love to sip from frosty glasses out on the patio. Pour it over a glass of ice and soak in the summer. [Keep reading...]

Spring Greens

Spring Greens

We are so excited to be participating as bloggers with The Kansas City Star on their Chow Town Blog. Our first entry was lots of fun and for those of you who have attended our cooking classes, you are familiar with our salad making technique.

Start shopping for your favorite pillowcase.  Buy a pillowcase in a fun color, or one that matches your kitchen, or at least in a print that sets it apart from those other pillowcases in your linen closet. It will be easier to keep it separate. Then visit the Chow Town Blog and see what on earth that has to do with salads and spring greens.

You can read about the first trip to the farmers market here.  Plan to use the fresh greens within a few days and certainly no later than a week after purchasing. To help keep them fresh, wash the greens, layer with paper towels, then seal tightly in a plastic food bag. [Keep reading...]

Lemon Pepper Salmon Recipe

Lemon Pepper Salmon Photo
We all eat seasonally—even if we don’t plan it that way. There is just something about a burger on the grill on a warm day – or a bowl of chili on a cold, rainy day. But what should you do when the weather is not typical? My answer this week was Lemon Pepper Salmon with Arugula. Quick, easy and if spring had a taste, this might be it. [Keep reading...]

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake

It is time to take on that homemade scratch cake. No need to be a nervous Nellie, this is really very simple and you will be successful. You can do it! Step away from the box, run get a large bowl and head to the kitchen. The flavor and texture of … [Keep reading...]

Travels and Food Inspirations

Babycakes Display

Home is comforting —but the new sights we saw, friends we made and tastes we experienced the last couple of weeks shine brightly for us! While, we typically share the latest dish cooking in one of our kitchens—today, we want to share two exciting … [Keep reading...]

Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

One of the main reasons that I absolutely adore my career is the fact that food is tied in with so many memories of our lives. Each of us can remember a time or event, or suddenly a cherished picture of days gone pops into our thoughts, by simply … [Keep reading...]

Lemon Velvet Cake Recipe

Lemon Velvet Cake Photo

As I write this, ice pellets are hitting the windowpane and collecting on dry brown leaves—but those leaves are encircling new, green daffodil shoots. Spring is struggling in our part of the Midwest. For me, it is time to chase away the winter … [Keep reading...]

Housewares Show

Cake Pops

Whew! We have just returned from the National Housewares Show in Chicago and what  an experience. Babycakes® are still center stage and very much the belle of the show. We had a grand time showing Micky Mouse® waffles, Babycakes cupcakes, … [Keep reading...]