This is a best-of recipe, just in time for Thanksgiving pies. Here is an easy pie crust for everyone. I usually make my crust by hand unless I am making 100+ pies….not this year! A suggestion, double. Freeze your left… Continue Reading
Recently I was lucky enough to step in for Doni and represent A News Cafe at the Redding Farmers’ Market. I love the addition of the ‘Chefs at the Market’ series, having different chefs from our area sharing their recipes… Continue Reading
School is back in session and it’s time to pack kids healthy lunches. Packing a healthy lunch that your kids will eat can be a challenge. I have one kid who refuses to eat at school; he finds eating there… Continue Reading
Have you ever had that feeling that you are exactly where you are supposed to be for that moment? I feel like that about our new home. Sure, the house is old and funky (I love funky) and there is… Continue Reading
“If I had my little way I’d eat peaches every day.” –Presidents of the USA (video)
Peaches are currently plentiful in the North State. Lucky for us we can now savor the opportunity to eat peaches every day as the song suggests. How do you enjoy the quintessential summer fruit? Besides enjoying a warm, fresh peach picked from a tree, I love to make peach cobbler for my family. Cobblers Continue Reading
As you may recall, I am working my way through Larousse Gastronomique with A News Cafe, rather slowly, I admit. My family has just moved into a new home, and amusingly enough, I am now baking in what I lovingly… Continue Reading
Gifts sometimes present themselves in interesting little stories. My family is in the process of a big move. We have found an amazing spot that is just perfect for us. When we visited the house a few months ago, everything… Continue Reading
I find that my family has a particular window during which they’ll eat a banana. Each one of us seems to have a favorite ‘state’ in which we enjoy our bananas. Rex likes his a little green, where Fox needs to have… Continue Reading
Commercial treats from childhood were so tasty; Ding-Dongs, Zingers, Hostess cupcakes, and Snowballs quickly come to mind as some of my childhood favorites. As kids, most of us did not have unlimited access to these goodies, and perhaps that is… Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: Pssst! Andrea Charrion and Doni Greenberg will take to the radio airwaves Sunday, Sept. 4, on KCNR 1460 a.m. from 11 a.m. until noon. Do you have a cooking question for Andrea? Do you miss her Marathon Bars?… Continue Reading
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