This is one of my wife’s baking projects. She found this pie recipe in her old cookbook called “From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens”. This pie...

Recently, in keeping with the fall season, we got a whole Japanese “Kabocha” 南瓜 squash from Weee, I made the classic Japanese stewed kabocha...

This is another of my wife’s baking projects. Although my wife is not PA Dutch, she grew up in rural Pennsylvania and is very fond of the PA...

This is one of my wife’s appetizer projects. This is a savory and cheesy butter biscuit. The recipe came from the King Arthur. Ingredien...

My wife grew up in rural Pennsylvania and although she is not Pennsylvania Dutch herself. She is very fond of the many Pennsylvania Dutch di...

This is another one of my wife’s baking projects. This could be eaten as a part of breakfast or appetizer. Nice slightly sweet biscuits with...

The other day, my wife picked up two yellow squash from Whole Foods. This led us to question, “What is the difference between “zucchini” and...

This is another one of my wife’s baking projects. She wanted to make savory small bites which will go well with red wine. Since we had extra...

We like small snack-y foods that go well with wine or sake. My wife, for some reason, decided to make these “Cheese straws” which are based ...

This is another one of my wife’s baking projects. This time it was small cheesy bites called “Savory Breakfast Mini Cheesecakes” which she f...

One day, my wife announced she was going to make this lemon cream bar from a recipe she saw on line. She had purchased a similar item from ...

Last Christmas, we received chocolate babka as a gift. We enjoyed most of it but a small amount (a few good sized irregular pieces but most...

I just made meat balls with Ricotta and parmesan cheeses using ground chicken instead of pork. I used only 2 tbs. from the container of ric...

I saw this recipe of “Mock tofu” or “Gisei-dofu 擬制豆腐” on Youtube by Chef. Kasahara 笠原. It looked interesting and I happened to have extra t...

As part of the season, we received some fresh fruit which included of several Granny Smith Apples. In general, these apples are not good eat...

This is a variation on the theme of  “olive oil cakes” that my wife has been making recently. Previous versions were: “ almond olive oil cak...

This is a variation my wife made of “ Hazelnut olive oil cake ”. Instead of hazelnut flour (which is a very expensive flour), she used almon...

Our window sill basil  is still growing very well. Although we use cuttings for pizzas and salads etc, we still need to harvest a relatively...

My wife’s sister sent this recipe from King Arthur Flour to my wife knowing my wife is a fairly accomplished baker (challenge???). It appear...

My wife is partial to spinach soufflé. Previously I made it the  traditional way  by separating the egg yolks and whites. Then making a béch...