Isabelly’s Chocolates and Sweets!  Sounds like my kind of place.  It is a little sweet shop that you may have missed because it is located in downtown Richardson (If there is such a thing.) at 200 E. Main (Beltline) at McKinney Street. (southeast corner) Sometime ago I noticed the Isabelly’s Chocolate and Sweets signs on […]

On our day trip to Waxahachie, Super Sister and I ate at The Dove’s Nest – an excellent restaurant located downtown Waxahachie on the square.  We succumbed and ordered the Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie for dessert. Sweet Mother of Pearl.  It was full of chocolate, pecans and had a subtle hint of bourbon.  Yummy!  Marsha […]

Sweet petite Katie from Bonham made these delicious melt-in-your-mouth cookies for Jessica’s baby shower.  Miss Charlotte asked for the recipe, and Katie was happy to share. You might have seen this recipe called Forgotten Cookies.  That is because you put them in a hot oven, turn off the oven, and leave them.  – That is […]

Announcing the winner for the most submitted recipe in my mother’s cookbook –  A+ in Cooking! Ta – da da da-a-a – da da-a-a! And the winner is…. Drum roll! Chocolate Sheet Cake — applause, applause, applause, whoop and more applause. No fewer than seventeen families submitted this recipe as their family favorite.  When planning […]

While preparing to come to the Big Jubilee Supper in honor of The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, Jenny – Nathan’s new bride – searched the internet for a Texas recipe. She got the point!  This was to be a Texas celebration for the Queen.  I love it that she went to so much trouble […]