by Toni | Sep 19, 2021 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Let's Eat
For the entire summer, I have luxuriated in the most amazing organic carrots—quite the treat at the farmers market because carrots are not usually plentiful, organic or not. Carrots take up lots of garden space and can grow in really wonky shapes and sizes—not at all...
by Toni | Mar 19, 2018 | Fruits, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Every year the same daunting task awaits: how to make a spectacular gluten-free birthday cake—one that looks and tastes like a real birthday cake—for my daughter Heather. Heather does not suffer from Celiac Disease, so I’ve got some fudge room, if I’m careful. But it...
by Toni | Nov 17, 2017 | Healthy Treats, Let's Eat, Live Green
I have always believed that if you truly need something—not just want something but truly need it—the universe provides. It’s my reason for believing there is always something to be thankful for, even if it is not Thanksgiving. A couple of years ago, I ended up with...
by Toni | Jan 6, 2017 | Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
I ended 2016 in a blizzard… of sugar, flour, coconut and pistachio dust. But it was not a harrowing experience. It was a labor of love. And at the end of the storm were, I think, my best cakes of the past year. Baking a cake for someone you love is a lot like painting...
by Toni | Dec 18, 2016 | Be Simple, Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Sinful Sensations
We all have one… the elderly neighbor, the second cousin we see only once a year, the cranky aunt, our best friend’s mom who is suddenly flying in from the coast. These are the impossible-to-buy-for people still on our lists. And, it’s already December 18! There’s no...
