Month: August 2024

Birthday Trauma – Chocolate Chip Cake

Birthday Trauma – Chocolate Chip Cake

My early childhood was mostly lacking in trauma, but there is one glaring example of distress I suffered about which I am reminded annually in the heat of midsummer. As a young child, I rarely had a birthday party. It was pain and suffering that 

Zucchini Apocalypse – Zucchini Scarpaccia

Zucchini Apocalypse – Zucchini Scarpaccia

Every year it happens. The weather gets hot and sweaty, and the zucchinis grow from finger to baseball bat-size in a matter of hours. I am swamped. It’s the equivalent of a zombie apocalypse in the garden. They can be so prolific, it’s almost obscene.