Notes from My Food Diary

Last week my family went cherry picking at Hood River and some two cups of those cherries went into this coffee cake.  We picked mostly B...

As soon as it's the end of May and the start of the month June, I'm looking forward to picking local strawberries.  The tantalizi...

Here I am, back after Thanksgiving break.  I had a great holiday with my parents and I hope you, readers, had a great time with your lo...

Quinoa is still in one of the food trends for 2014, and I'm glad that it won't go away so soon.  Why?  Because I just had an ...

I finally had a time to bake sweets for Christmas...ah, the joy of having two-week break from work.  It gave me a motivation to bake, it...

I shared this tart with my Bunco friends a few weeks ago. Rich, chocolaty, and creamy; those three words pretty much summed up the end r...

I had an unexpected gifts from my friend last week; her son came up to me and handed me fresh Calimyrna figs in a plastic container.  ...

The year 2010 has come to just one more day.  It has been a good year to me, it's full of surprises, mostly good thankfully.  It h...

The third item in my bake sale tray: dried cherry-almond scones.  Traditional scones are plain, eaten with jams and clotted cream.  ...

In the midst of everyday life and assignments, I'm hungry for something sweet and quick.  My snack supply from Indonesia has reach...