I have a friend who’s been obsessed with French macarons (it’s okay to pronounce it “macaroon” here in the States) since she went to Paris with her family last spring. Unfortunately it seems that macarons are one of those baked goods that are sensitive to elevation and humidity. Most macaron recipes are written to work at sea-level sorts … [Read more…]
Somehow we are only two weeks out from July 4th, the midpoint of summer, and I haven’t accomplished half of my summer bucket list items! I still have geraniums to plant! One thing I have done a lot of lately is bake. Last weekend I contributed 4 dozen mini cupcakes to a fundraiser for a local animal shelter and I … [Read more…]
School is out in Colorado! As always, I have grand plans for the 2-1/2 months ahead – including some food-related learning for the kids: How to make scrambled eggs How to make eggs over-easy Pancakes 101 The last two winters I conducted “baking class” for the kids on weekends – they may not know how … [Read more…]
Yesterday morning along Colorado’s Front Range many of us woke up to a couple of inches of snow. This was especially peculiar as the day before, I spent the morning at the Denver Botanic Gardens with a group of second-graders, all of us in tennies and short-sleeved shirts and blue skies, blossoms and bees all … [Read more…]
The best recipes are the ones that people tell you about from their own experience because they’ve been tried and tested. One afternoon years ago when I was collecting my kids from preschool, I got into a brief conversation with the classroom aide helping the kids into the car. I can’t remember how we got to … [Read more…]