Hippo Flambé

If my boys had their way I would spend the week focusing all my energy on Halloween costumes.  They have been planning possible costumes...

I spent last week in New York City moving my father out of his apartment.  The week was supposed to end with the sale of his apartment a...

Every summer I can an obscene amount of crushed tomatoes .  I make deals with farmers for the tomatoes that are too ugly to sell, harve...

Yesterday Lewis returned to work, officially ending our vacation.  A vacation that began with 2 days of  tantrums and whining, causing the...

It doesn't matter if I don't have a decent photo of this jam yet (I can always edit the post later) or if I have other things I sho...

I have another sour cherry jam recipe to share with all of you.  It is sour cherry and petit petit wine and the combination is rich and ...

Last years sour cherry jam was a success because it set without using commercial pectin, it made a really beautiful translucent jam with p...