Here's a recipe for a treat featured in MODELS--one that her family enjoys early in the novel. prncssdidi  actually came up with it, based on the fanciful name I stuck in the book. Try it--it's amazing!

Aunt Doreen’s Butterscotch Apple Crumb Cake of Temptation
(with thanks to Martha Stewart's Cherry-Struesel Coffee Cake)
1/2 stick of butter
1 cup of flour
1/2 tsp ( Read more... )

• Oil all the wooden-ware in the kitchen (cutting boards, spoons, pizza paddle, salad bowl...)

• Make a fruit plate and yogurt dip to take to a barbecue

• Harvest herbs from a backyard Herb Trough

• Read an excerpt of On Writing• Play with the Petty Dictator ( Read more... )