Month: March 2011

Timeless Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, a recipe sometimes attributed to Mrs, Field's, are a nostalgic favorite.

Timeless Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

the perfect recipe when you want to make a large quantity of cookies that most everyone will like. These are dependable as snacks, when feeding a crowd of hungry teenagers or taking something sweet to share at an event. They might also bring a smile of recognition and a memory or two to those who have been baking for decades.

Aunt Hen’s Beef Barley Soup

After I was married and had left my home the boisterous family of five that had gathered around Aunt Hen’s dinner table every week night for years had dwindled to two. She and Aunt Bet were next door neighbors and still ate together but the big meals she cooked every […]

Sweet Potato Pancakes with Coconut Banana Topping

It’s March already, that crazy month when you never know what you will face the next time you step outside, winter or spring. Already we have had a surprise snow day this month when nothing sounded better than a warm mug of Spiced Hot Chocolate. Today, however, the morning fog […]

Spanish Hot Chocolate – For Sipping or Dipping

A Taste of History Following our snow day last Thursday, it got cold. Cold for Portland, that is. The roads cleared and life got back to normal but snow lingered in the back yard and the air stayed fresh and chilly. My craving for Hot Chocolate lingered too. I have […]