Category: Sweets

We came to see the bread
In the heart of wheat fields
In the middle of an island
In the middle of nowhere.

This updated antioxidant-leaning version of Morning Glory muffins swaps in cranberries and pumpkin (and a bit of mood-boosting dark chocolate) for a tasty variation with fresh New England inspiration.

“How easily happiness begins by
dicing onions. A lump of sweet butter
slithers and swirls across the floor
of the sauté pan…” – William Matthews

Every wife has a recipe and a reason for fixing her husband’s favorite dish, the one his mom used to make. 

Best friends are like chocolate mousse: sweet and cool and all you need after a hard day.

David Voorhis loved these muffins as much as I loved him.

We are bounding along on cross-country skis at Maple Corner Farm in Granville, Massachusetts, touring a sugarbush of hundreds of acres of mature maple trees.

I used to make Toll House Cookies the way my mom taught me, according to the recipe on the back of the bag of Nestle semi-sweet morsels. Now I make a healthier version that eliminates half the butter, alot of the sugar, and uses only whole grain and nut flours.