Spiced Honey Cookies, German Lebkuchen, soft, sweet, fabulous flavor of local honey, homemade candied citrus

Bacon Scallion Pancakes with Soy Maple Dipping Sauce

Butternut Squash Ravioli with Browned Butter, Sage and Walnuts.

Homemade Duck Prosciutto! Amazingly simple, and lusciously good!

Our first foray into hearth cooking - ribs and baked beans!

Pumpkin Pecan Oat Bars. Made with homemade pumpkin butter. It's like pumpkin pie and granola got married.

Make your own flavored oatmeal! Cheaper and healthier than the packets!

Boston Baked Beans. From Rhode Island.

Red Curry Macaroni and Cheese. Five cheeses and bacon, too! Perfect for these chilly autumn evenings.

Homemade Smoked Mozzarella! Mozzarella with a lovely smokey skin!

Making Bacon - Part 2 - Smoking

Making Bacon, Part 1 - Curing.

Baby back ribs smoked for over 7 hours - for my son's birthday. Well worth the wait.

Strawberry Shortcake with Rhubarb Sauce - a tart twist on a sweet summer classic!

Homemade tortilla chips! Easy and fun, and so many flavor possibilities!

Oatmeal Corn Muffins. Here and gone in less than an hour, unless you hide some for yourself.

Lactic Cheese ~ An easy-to-make soft cheese that reminds me of softened cream cheese. Yum!

Smoked Trout Ravioli with browned butter, sage, and chives.

Taco cornbread. A great use for leftovers.

Pink bread dough - another great use for beets!

If Barbie was a baker, she'd make these cupcakes. But she isn't, and she didn't. I did. And that color? It comes from pureed beets! Pretty cool, huh?

Baby Back Ribs - smoked for 6 hours!

Homemade Manchego - Interesting adventures in home cheese making.. it gets both crunchy and puffy in the microwave!

Baklava - A wonderful treat full of gooey honey nutty goodness.

Potato Glass Noodles. Traditionally used in soups, these noodles, made from potato starch, are also a fun and funky alternative to traditional pasta.

Nutella Kiss Cookies ~ Great whether you've been either naughty or nice...

Speculoos cookies for French Fridays with Dorie. Sugar and spice and everything nice!

My niece, Natalie, and I baked Dorie Greenspan's Brrrrownies recently... it's like a New England winter dipped in chocolate.

Cranberry Sandwich Bread. Great with a smear of cream cheese or loaded with your favorite Thanksgiving leftovers!

Pumpkin Gnocchi with Brown Sage Butter. Autumn in a bowl with beautiful hand scored gnocchi.

A is for Apple, P is for Pies. One large pie and a lot of small pies. Applicious!

A steaming bowl of homemade Pho is perfect for these chilly October evenings.

Gerard's Mustard Tart for French Fridays with Dorie. These mini tarts are made with some of the last fresh cherry tomatoes in our garden.

Mixed Hot Pepper Jelly