I blame the dog really. I garden with the next doors and they have the silliest greyhound ever. See, she jumps into the basil bed and nuzzles it, whispers sweet nothings into its ears, telling it how lovely it smells and how happy it makes her. That basil is double the size of any of the other basil in the entire garden ( Read more... )

This is from the Ladies Home Journal Dessert Cookbook, 1964 ( Read more... )

We made soup by committee today. It was delicious, here is what we did.

2 boxes (about 64 oz) of chicken broth. We used the organic.
6 large sweet potatoes, peeled
4 leeks
1 TBS ground ginger
1 TBS Chinese five spice (the mix from the Mustard Seed in NH is my favorite- yay mail order)
edit I forgot to list the 2 bay leaves ( Read more... )

This is from the I hate to cook book my Mom had when I was little. I now own a copy thanks to amnch.
I am currently working on a gluten free version.

Elevator Lady cookies3/4 c shortening (I used butter ( Read more... )