Chocolate Salted Caramel Turtle Cookies and the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap

Chocolate Salted Caramel Turtle Cookies Recipe

Allow me to share a few things about these cookies.  First…they scream for milk!  Second…they are deeply and irresistibly chocolatey.  And third…they are named after the ‘Turtle’ candy made famous by the Johnson’s Candy Company way back in 1918.  We’ve … Continue reading




Umbrian Snowflake Cookies

It was the ‘snow’ covered look of these festive cookies that stole my heart.  I felt certain that whatever surprise was hidden inside, it would be just as enticing as the powdery flakey exterior. Snowflakes rarely dance about in Southern … Continue reading




German Coffeecakes and Remembering Gee Gee

Cinnamon Crumb Coffeecake Recipe and Cheese Kuchen Recipe

Oh, the magical powers of flour, sugar, yeast and butter.  With my wooden spoon as a wand, and a touch of alchemy, could I conjure up a cake just like Gee Gee’s? He was articulate in his description.  Holding up … Continue reading




Chocolate Spice Madeleines

Chocolate Spice Madeleines Recipe

More than any other year I can remember since moving West have I longed for the Fall weather I knew growing up in Kentucky.  I want to shiver in the mornings as I slip from underneath my down comforter and … Continue reading




Foto Friday – Breakfast at Eggslut Los Angeles

Breakfast sandwich at Eggslut