Sometimes it's as if people are dropped into your life out of the blue.  This is the story of  one such person.  I was lucky enough ...

I have this nonsensical love of the Golden Girls, to the extent that I kind of want to be them when I grow up.  Not any one of them in parti...

It's been awhile since I've had dessert and with the holidays right around the corner, that streak will be coming to a screeching ha...

I LOVE figs and lucky for me I live in a predominantly Italian neighborhood where fig trees are the preferred lawn ornament.  Now is the t...

While Hurricane Irene is approaching,  I'm doing what any sensible girl would do...  making jam.  I like the simplicity of freezer jam b...