Simplified Easy French Cruller How to and Recipe

As a person who doesn’t like eggs (not scrambled, not fried, not omelettes, not quiche not boiled not runny, not hard, not in a house, not with a mouse…) I sometimes struggle to find breakfast restaurants that I enjoy. Most places serve mostly egg dishes and a couple of waffles or pancakes for good measure.Read more

Baked Pears Recipe

This baked pear recipe get’s me thinking. I don’t know exactly why – but we never really had pears when I was growing up. I used to have fun carving apple jack-o-lanterns, writing messages on banana skins, and trying to catch grapes in my mouth, but I can’t remember ever having a pear until IRead more

Saturday Morning Crepe Recipe

My darling hubby makes a great crepe. Following his trend of excellent baked goods (like these chocolate chip cookies or these yeast rolls) he took to crepes because someone, somewhere, told him they were difficult. It turns out they are really not that tricky at all. After years of making them in a skillet, we’veRead more

Christmas Breakfast

My mother tells this story about how her father used to demand the kids eat breakfast before opening any presents. And it couldn’t be cereal, it was bacon and eggs- a REAL breakfast before ever a present was touched.This story she tells came up every year. Why? Because she used it to segway into threateningRead more