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Garden Fresh Tomato Salad

Garden Fresh Tomato Salad

Fresh, Fast and Fabulous Nothing says summer like red, ripe, juicy tomatoes (except maybe Creamsicle Ice Cream, a Stained Glass Cake, or a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake)!  With an endless number of tomato varieties approaching peak season, now is the time to hit the...
Austrian Plum Cake: Not Your Grandmother’s Fruitcake

Austrian Plum Cake: Not Your Grandmother’s Fruitcake

Nothing says summertime like a fresh baked fruit… cake? Summertime means different things to different people.  To our kids it means 12 weeks free of school and homework, replaced by time with friends and lots of play.  To farmers it is a time to showcase the...
Bundt Up the Volume with this Chocolate Almond Cake

Bundt Up the Volume with this Chocolate Almond Cake

Bundt Heaven A few days before Christmas I found myself walking through the baking section of Bed, Bath & Beyond searching for a very specific sized casserole dish in which to serve my creamed onions.  My eyes scanned the aisles for the right-sized dish and were...
Molasses Ginger Cookies Are Your January Treat

Molasses Ginger Cookies Are Your January Treat

The Great Brooklyn Baking Show Many years ago at my bridal shower my mother presented me with a binder filled with family recipes.  The recipes were all hand written on index cards that she organized and photocopied so I could continue to make the things I had eaten...
Pumpkin Stack Cake for Your Cozy Winter Weekend

Pumpkin Stack Cake for Your Cozy Winter Weekend

Pumpkin Stack Cake is Easy as Pie After a holiday-induced break Brooklyn to the Catskills is back in action and posting regularly again!  Let’s all give a collective sigh of relief that the holidays are finally behind us and we made it through the “cyclone...