Category: Raspberry/Blackberry (25)

  • I’ve really come to love the taste of green tea in baking. You have to be careful with the amount of green tea when it comes to baking. Too much of a good thing and you’ve crossed over into weird taste territory. Starbucks has a green tea frappe with blackberry drizzle and this was my inspiration for…

  • In the late summer of 1998 I moved to San Francisco from New Mexico. I had been living in the “Land of Enchantment” for a short time when I was a traveling Nurse. I still remember the long drive through the central valley of California on my way to San Francisco and seeing all the fresh…

  • For weeks it’s been raining in San Francisco. Finally we hit a break this week and the weather yesterday was so amazing. The Husband spent some time cleaning up the garden and spiffing up the backyard. I swear the grill was whispering my name. Calling me, beckoning me to grill a hunk of meat. It just so…

  • Cream horn. This little pastry gem falls under the category simple but tasty. So simple to make. Sure you can buy them at the store, but when you make them at home you can also know that they are fresh and have not been sitting there for God knows how long. Growing up my Mom used to buy…

  • I am so lucky to live near wine country that all year long we can get some amazing affordable wines. Supermarkets buy up wine in surplus and always have sales on wine. They have to move the wine and get rid of it for new wines coming in. Because of this fast pace vino frenzy The…

  • It would not be Christmas in our house without raspberry linzer cookies. Seth got excited when he saw me making these. Oh Mommy, “I LOVE THOSE COOKIES” he said, “I can’t wait until you are done”. This is most certainly an ambitious cookie, but the results are worth it. People go ga ga over these cookies. You…