by Toni | Sep 29, 2019 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Sinful Sensations
Well there’s a new vendor at the Goshen Community Market, who just happens to be an old friend…. Jane Zappia, of past Green Gal Keto fame, is the owner and proprietor of Pop’s Pies. She’s at the Market with her daughter Hayley this coming October—which is, like,...
by Toni | Jun 28, 2019 | Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
When I worked for the University of Illinois Extension Service, I spent two weeks in August at the Illinois State Fair. I was on a communications team that covered the 4-H winners. We worked long hours, submitted media stories daily, filmed video for local news and...
by Toni | Jan 30, 2019 | Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
Can there be any greater joy or expression of love than baking a birthday cake for your friend or loved one? A birthday cake allows the baker to create a one-of-a-kind gift (Even if it is someone else’s recipe, it’s still your special touch!) that is generally shared...
by Toni | Dec 31, 2018 | Come Home, Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
No…not a misspelling, so I guess you know where we are headed, right? It was after my post on the Pumpkin Cheesecake last month and my reminiscence about sharing a piece of pumpkin pie with my grandma, that I realized, while I have preached pumpkin and shared a...
by Toni | Dec 2, 2018 | Everyday Enchantments, Let's Eat, Live Green, Sinful Sensations
So just guess… how many dishes do you think I got out of this one 25-pound fairy tale pumpkin? If my calculations are correct, from this one stunning squash I made one batch of Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup, one pot of Pumpkin Curry, a plate full of...
by Toni | Dec 18, 2017 | Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
Well, I had to do something will all those pumpkins I collected over the fall, so it seemed impossible not to include a pumpkin cookie. I decided to retool a recipe from last year—turning my Old Fashioned Persimmon Snickerdoodles into Pumpkin Pie Snickerdoodles....
