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How to Make Semifreddo: Like Ice Cream Without Churning
Semifreddo: A Half-Frozen Dessert Like No Other
I never...
Tips for Making Great Pies
Tom's Pie Pastry Tell-All
The jokester who coined the phrase “easy as pie” obviously never made one. As my sister contends, “Pies aren’t brownies.” There’s...
Meet Gus: My New Bulldog
Mending my heart after the loss of Buddy has been no easy task. While time gently heals and helps ease the sorrow, my brain...
My Heart Belongs to Buddy
Buddy the Bulldog: Life Lessons from a Loyal Friend
As I grow, grow up, and grow older, life-lessons befall me with greater clarity, understanding, timeliness,...
Making Small Pies Under Montana’s Big Sky
My Trip to Wonderful
My friend Jean lives in Columbia Falls, Montana, and started "Sunday Market" in her community as way to bring people together,...
Buddy the Bulldog: Vashon’s New Mayor
Buddy the bulldog, my favorite sidekick and huggable fur-ball was elected Unofficial Mayor of Vashon Island for the 2022 Strawberry Festival. Buddy rested up...
Bulldog Buddy for Mayor
Buddy (my bulldog) rarely talks politics, but he's making an exception as he tosses his collar in the ring to run for Vashon's Unofficial...
Rhubarb Pie As It’s Meant to Be: Delicious!
Ah Rhubarb, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Let me begin and end with one way: rhubarb pie. Sure, I...
Vashon Vision: Future Found in a File Cabinet
Cleaning House, Finding Treasures
Ah, the new year, a time to fall in line with my better self and ponder the things I plan...
A Recipe for Bread and for Life
A friend of mine recently returned from a Zen Retreat at a German monastery, and told me about a delicious German whole-wheat rye bread...
