by Flora Caputo | Sep 8, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Some of you have been following me a while, and I know you have seen lately what my daughter puts me through on Halloween and her birthday lately. She really pushes me to expand my creativity, that’s for sure. This year was no different. For some of you moms out...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 7, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We are up to our ears in peaches. My father grows peaches in his backyard, and what’s funny about that statement is that you would think he lived in the country. My father lives in the most white bread western suburb of Chicago you ever set foot in. People often...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 3, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Last month I made a cherry extract that I thought I could use in recipes an cocktails all winter long. Since I bottled that lovely blood-red liquid, I have been longing to make something yummy with it. This simple cookie recipe is what I came up with. It’s a...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 27, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I am turning out to be quite the “kitchen witch” of late. I just love watching things infuse after time into something lovely and aromatic in lovely mason jars. Then I love people sipping what I concoct with “Oooos” and...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 25, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s truly peach season, so if you are noticing a wave of peach recipes on the blog, it’s because we are in peach heaven in our kitchen. We bought quite a few in Michigan, and I plan on freezing a bunch today for my sunburst peach pie recipe to make next...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 23, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Farm fresh fruit. It’s everywhere. And I keep buying it. I can’t help myself.I have issues.This little recipe was a great find while flipping through an old BHG magazine. I was looking for a family treat idea to use up some really ripe blueberries...
