Ian's Challenge - May's Dessert
This month’s dessert was a real challenge for me. Not only in the way I would have to interpret the photographic elements and visual...


Did you know that a chocolate chip cookie could change your life?
Jane asked me to make Chocolate Chip Cookies for a PTA meeting she was attending this week, so why not kill two birds with one stone and...


Ian's Challenge - April's Dessert
April’s dessert is a composition of Green Tea Cake atop a Maraschino Cherry White Chocolate Crème Anglaise spotted with rehydrated dried...


Ian's Challenge - May
Memories, is the name of this dreamscape. It is a collection of images from places I’ve been to. I created it especially for a group...


Colomba Pasquale* (Easter Dove Bread)
We usually invite our families over on Easter for dessert. Jane makes some of her favorites, I make some of mine and some might even...


Mrs. Ronzo's Lemon Balls
My daughter Danielle makes them for us at Christmas. And, it has been brought to my attention that these cookies are one of my...


Leavening Agents
ORGANIC – YEAST Compressed Yeast (fresh or cake yeast) – compressed yeast is moist, perishable, and is preferred by professional bakers....
Ian's Challenge - April
For April's painting I chose Neighborhood. As the name suggests, it is a painting of my neighborhood as seen from my living room window....


Cream Cheese Danish*
Although this bread recipe is not a true laminated Danish dough. It is rich and light enough to satisfy any craving or sweet withdrawal...


Ian's Challenge - March
The Painting I chose Untiltles 5 because it’s one painting that I can go to be alone and feel safe. When I look at the painting, my eyes...

