I have 3 suggestions: make sure you are using the butter or shortening called for. Substituting ready-spread for cubed margarine or butter will change the texture of cookies. Try using a dif...

Thanks for making this exotic sounding item approachable. To me, lemon grass is in the same category as saffron - way to elegant for my common cooking. But I just might try it after reading the sug...

I think I crave lemon almost as much as I do chocolate. I have my own version of lemon bars which I have compiled from several recipes, now I am going to have to make mine and these scrumptious sou...

I think we must have peeked at each others new year's goals, cuz this post is just what I am trying to do in my life and in my kitchen this year. I deep cleaned my food cupboard over the weekend an...

These are making my mouth water. Combine them with some of the delicious homemade soups i have seen posted and everyone will be happy come dinner time! I'll just have to time my last loaf of bread ...

Sounds oh so yummy.

I have never tried this, but I remember reading about it in this Laura Ingalls Wilder book and in "Understood Betsy," by Dorothy Canfield as well. I have always wanted to know what this was like. S...

These look wonderful. Wish I had some space to put one. Alas, the only free space in my minuscule kitchen is on the ceiling. *sigh*

So I gather the reason for using agave in place of sugar is an effort to be that much closer to having a finished product that is all natural? I do know that it is not a dietary aid. So for any cou...

Thanks for the list, it is handy and easy to remember. Now I just need to look into some ways to get wheat germ in my diet, as this is the one thing on this list that I never eat.

Sounds like a perfect pairing - decade specific foods with movies of the same decade. Once upon a time I had a fun little cookbook put out by Hershey's. Each decade of the 1900's was represented wi...

Thanks for the overview of the best of the best from '09. I found your blog part way through the year, so it is wonderful for me to see a few hints and recipes that I have not seen yet. Happy Holid...

Wow - this sure would impress guests of any holiday party. I wonder if I even have a prayer of getting it to look like that beautiful picture, complete with lemons and all?

Two things I like at home rather than out: lasagne and salmon. Two things I never make at home: French fries - I agree with the other commenter about that one. They just need to have that 'm...

Cream cheese cookies are a family favorite. Simple recipe, and you make them in the same manner as peanutbutter cookies (with the fork crisscross action) then top with a maraschino cherry. Yu...

Very nice collection. I can picture this wrapped up under the tree.

Oh - this is fun. My family makes "gingerbread houses" from graham crackers every year. (We are just to lazy to make and bake all that gingerbread.) But I think the kids are getting kinda bored wit...

Oh, my mouth is watering! Warm homemade bagels and a hot drink on such a cold day as this....

Personally, I like cheese just about any way it comes. I tried a chipotle cranberry cheddar recently that was *heaven* with a certain store brand of cornbread crackers. Oh my my!

Wow - such a labor of love by everyone here. I really love the Harvest Salad in a pumpkin bowl - gorgeous! And I like the spice cake decorated with maple and oak leaves and acorns - divine!