These rich pumpkin crepes are rich, satisfying, not-too-sweet and worthy of a place on your holiday or dinner party table.

This moist and delicious cake is a dessert for all seasons (not just the fall during pumpkin spice madness), and it is right for a party, a potluck or a picnic, just as it is.

Our adventures in crepes-making since attending a cooking class and pics of our most recent creation, a pineapple lemon crepe from a wonderful cookbook, with a Limoncello-flavored sparkling wine cocktail.

The Triple-Chip Brownies have four kinds of chocolate in them, plus three kinds of chips: peanut butter, semi-sweet chocolate and white chocolate.

Clarinda’s Tea Room feels like a place you would have gone with your grandmother as a child. And somewhere your grandmother might have gone herself as a child, with her own grandmama. 

Chocolate Orange Pots are an impressive, decadent, and yet relatively easy dessert for a dinner party.

Classic movies are a great Christmas cooking companion.

What’s your Halloween theme: scary or cute?

My neighbor is a smart and funny Southern woman, a successful writer of romantic and teen fiction, a devoted wife, mother and friend, and a wonderful hostess.  She also makes the best pound cake I’ve ever eaten. Christie recently served her homemade sour cream pound cake at…

This pie is a wonderful mix of textures – the crunch of the toasted pecans with their caramel glaze and sea salt garnish balances perfectly with the soft, fudge-like filling.

Who doesn’t love a big, soft, goodie-packed cookie?  I found a great basic oatmeal cookie recipe on the Quaker Oats lid, and have been “doctoring it” for years with yummy additions like dried cranberries and chocolate chips.  It’s one of those recipes that changes almost…