Chocolate Castles

  • Pimento Cheese Scones

    Another winner from Tea Time Magazine, July 2009. These are just so pretty and so flavorful, even if you don’t like pimento cheese, these are delicious with soups or salads or as in Paula Deen style, with a slab of butter melted on top. Makes 24 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 teas… Read more

  • Grocery Store Blues

    I am totally depressed. Not only do the grocery stores in California NOT have Sister Schubert rolls, which are totally necessary for dinner parties, they are short on a few items necessary for this butter queen to bake like a true southern belle. We are having company for dinner tonight and took the menu straight… Read more

  • Minty Ice Cream Pie

    I know, here I go again with the chocolate, but I just can’t help it. I see these recipes and immediately, I have to go make them when they sound this good. And….it is! Perfect for those spring dinners and great to have in the freezer for unexpected friends dropping by. 1 (3 oz) cream… Read more

  • Janies Cakes www.janiescakes.com

    FYI….for those of you who are like me and like to send food instead of flowers, I have found the perfect cake that is delicious and so easy to order and always gets rave reviews from the recipients. Janies Cakes out of Tyler Texas. I found them in the back of a Southern Living Magazine… Read more

  • Eat The Bowl

    This is just so cool, it is a Parmesan basket, which you can fill with any type of salad and serve guests. It is so impressive, yet so easy and they will think you have been studying the Julia Child cookbook all week. Each basket takes about 4 oz of shredded parmesan cheese. Spread shredded… Read more

  • Saturday Night in California

    It has been a week today that I got back from Texas. It is beginning to feel like home. We got up this morning and went for a walk, which is all uphill on the way back, I might add, so it got our hearts pumping pretty good. Randy is outside washing his car, and… Read more