Hey Amy!

Over there on the right hand side of this page is a list of sites I love.  Go ahead and look, I will wait for you… Find it?  It’s a short list of sites I am confident in sharing with you as I know you will have great satisfaction with the content.  Today, after many [...]

I received an amazing tip today that I simply had to share. My home is slightly warm even though we have the air conditioning blasting these last few days.  The air is simply heavy everywhere, even inside with cooling factors.  That poses a problem in the mornings when it is shower time because even the [...]

This is the last of the section about how to improve our baking skills.  As I have said countless times before, whether you are a seasoned veteran or a newbie, everyone could use these tips. Baked to Perfection: Unless otherwise stated, place your cake in the center shelf of the oven to bake.  If your [...]

As I mentioned previously this week, I am sharing some baking tips from a cookbook I picked up while vacationing with my 3-year-old nephew at his house.  I think we could all use some refreshing of our skills including the most seasoned veteran.  For those of you new to baking, these are great basics for [...]

I recently grabbed a new cookbook entitled simply Baking.  It has almost 100 recipes of delicious baked goods–some new and some old standards–that I will be sharing with you in the coming weeks.  Today I am sharing some information from the front of the book that reminds us of some basic baking tips we could [...]

Everything we create for our families and friends must be delicious and lovely in presentation, right?  We buy the freshest ingredients to create masterpieces but do we always use the best tools in which to create?  I take stock in my tools twice a year.  I replace those that have seen better days and I [...]

St. Valentine’s Day is a day away and if you don’t have your treat for your loved one yet, I hope you will consider baking a treat to show your love.  It’s less expensive than a fancy meal or a trip to the jewelers and, if you are like me, a gift of effort and [...]