It has been a while since I have shared a recipe from my mother’s cookbook, A+ in Cooking. The idea was to find a muffin or breakfast bread recipe to share with you.  I for one was somewhat tired of having wheat toast every morning, and I wanted something different.  I also wanted to share […]

Lemon Chess Pie – Yummy, yummy, yummy in your tummy, tummy, tummy! I am sharing another recipe from my mother’s cookbook A+ in Cooking.   During Mother’s 44 years of teaching, she collected recipes from the families of former students.  These families submitted their favorite recipes, and the results was an excellent cookbook. (Click HERE to read more […]

A big shout-out to Marshachristmas for this recipe – Apple Bread Pudding.  She had this delicious dessert at a gathering, and thought I needed the recipe. (How sweet is that!) Thank you so very much for thinking of me.  The original recipe was from Bill Scepansky in Southern Living – October 2013.  I have adapted it slightly. […]

Mary Pittman had a tea room and gift shop in Richardson, Texas.  Be still my heart!  It was one of the first tea rooms I ever visited.  The fact that there was a tea room in my neighborhood was beyond wonderful.  It proved that living in the city was the life for me, and just […]

We got a call from Number One Son.  “Would you like to come for dinner?” Sure.  What a treat.  Sweet precious Mikel (Number One Son’s wife) had prepared Slow-Cooker Barbecue Beef. (Or you could call it Crock-Pot Barbecue Beef – Whatever floats your boat.)  The minute we walked in the door, we were greeted with […]

Do you ever have a hankerin’ to make a certain something?  How do I describe this?  It is not that I am hungry for this certain thing.  (Ever-Lovin’ and I can not and should not eat an entire pan of lemon bars.)   I want to make it or bake it, and share it with somebody. […]

Labor Day 2012 – We had an indoor picnic. (Don’t want to be out among West Nile.) The menu was super simple, with no fancy table settings.  We enjoyed being together. Queso dip and chips are a boy pleaser. The panini sandwiches were delicious.  Everybody made their own sandwich to their own liking.  Sandwich Sprinkles […]

Maids of Honor Tarts My friend the Queen of Teas, mentioned that one of her favorite sweets in London was Maid of Honor Tarts.  I had never heard of these, but for the Royal Tea, I wanted to find out.  I was so fascinated by the name – Maids of Honor Tarts.  It is so […]