gluten free by nature — casein, soy and entirely almost sugar free…

I am honored to be participating in a wonderful event taking place now through December  23rd called Home for the Holidays – – Gluten Free Style. This celebration is the brainchild of my dear friend Shirley over at Gluten Free Easily. All together, we two dozen bloggers have come together to celebrate all the wonderful [...]

Just last weekend, I was strolling around the farmers market not too far from here with my dear friends Nancy and Amber. We had such a nice time catching up, sharing our latest food triumphs and – as per usual – brainstorming a bit about recipe ideas and possibilities. It is so nice to be [...]

This cake is for my mom, for Mother’s Day. She has had a lifelong love affair with lemon. Hand lotion. Shower gel. Water with a slice of lemon. Lemon bars. You name it. I have three siblings and our house was crazy growing up. When I say crazy, I mean a total circus. In fact, [...]

My youngest daughter and my nephew were born three days apart. How cool is that?  Both children suffer from their own unique food sensitivities. But, it’s corn in particular that gives them a pretty hard time.  Alas,  my sister-in-law and I were in cahoots – both eliminating corn at the same time. Going corn-free can [...]

You’re going to think I am crazy. This morning, my daughter woke up at 3:30 am. Teething. And I just knew that I was awake for the day. As I sit  there in the dark, my mind  started preparing a mental list of all the things I’d like to do over the next couple of [...]

Of all the times to have technical difficulties ! The plug-in for the contact form on my  site was being very temperamental (to say the least).  As a result, the lovely holiday cookie recipes you so kindly submitted have been swallowed by a black hole, an internet vacuum of sorts.  Even my wonderful brother (who [...]

There are so many cookie recipes that have struck my fancy over the years.  They’ve been added to the list.  The  “to-be-tested” list, that is.  Seriously. Talk about a weakness. When I came across several thumbprint recipes recently this cookie marched past the others all the way to the front of the line.  I adore [...]