The Easiest Way to Host?  Invite Someone for Coffee

The Easiest Way to Host? Invite Someone for Coffee

There’s a reason coffee has always been an invitation language. Come by for coffee. Let’s catch up over coffee. I’ll put a cake on and make a pot. No one hears those words and imagines perfection. They imagine warmth. A lived-in kitchen. A chair pulled close....
Symphony Brownies

Symphony Brownies

Several years ago, my sister taught me an easy trick to upgrade the taste of boxed-mix brownies. They are the perfect treat to bake for a dinner party or enjoy for Mother’s Day! You will be at the top of Mom’s favorites list when you make these brownies....
Chicken Tortilla Casserole

Chicken Tortilla Casserole

I am paying tribute to the 80s this week on my Instagram with recipes or ingredients made popular in the 80s – when hair was high, and wine coolers needed no apologies. Three major milestones happened for me in the 80s: I graduated from high school and college, and...
Vintage Inspired Lamb Cake with a Modern Twist

Vintage Inspired Lamb Cake with a Modern Twist

Growing up, I remember my Mother making a lamb cake in a Nordic Ware cake mold. To Daddy’s delight, she covered it with seven-minute whipped frosting and a lovely coating of fluffy white coconut. She served it on top of her beautiful milk glass cake pedestal...
The Comeback of a Classic: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

The Comeback of a Classic: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

There are recipes that whisper nostalgia… and then there are recipes that practically announce themselves when they enter a room. Pineapple Upside-Down Cake is the latter. I made this beauty today, and with one flip of the pan, I was transported straight back to a...