Tag: dessert

Liqueur + Chocolate + Crust = Great, Easy Pie!

Liqueur + Chocolate + Crust = Great, Easy Pie!

In 2013, I had a breakthrough. I learned how to host a dinner party where I could participate in the action vs. stay in the kitchen the whole time. Whoa. Granted, we purposely set up the new kitchen and dining room area as one space so conversation could still flow […]

A Bushel of New Ideas for Apples

A Bushel of New Ideas for Apples

Tis the season for apple picking! My Facebook feed is bogged down with beautiful pictures of adorable families picking apples and pumpkins at local farms. So cute! So perfect for photo ops, but what do you do with a bushel of apples once you get home? I ended up with […]

Inaugural Dessert: Blueberry Chocolate Cake

Inaugural Dessert: Blueberry Chocolate Cake

Last Friday I spent the majority of the day moving into the new kitchen and prepping for my first dinner party. Yes, we had people over about three hours after the drywall guys left for the last time. Are you really that surprised?? (Somehow, Randy was…) I thought long and […]