Tag: dessert

The Cookies of My Youth – Spice Cookies

The Cookies of My Youth – Spice Cookies

Spice cookies are the cookies of my youth. They taste of cloves, ginger, cinnamon, molasses; spice cookies have always been there. Bake sale, thank you gift, contribution to a meal, something to munch on with a cup of tea or glass of apple cider; nine 

Summer Fruit Tart Cookies

Summer Fruit Tart Cookies

My mother’s summer fruit tart is one of my favorite desserts, as long as you leave out the garlic. Many years ago my wife Marci and I made a pair of fruit tarts, one as a thank you to our landlord’s family for some deed 

99% Vegan, 98% Gluten Free – Pineapple with Basil

99% Vegan, 98% Gluten Free – Pineapple with Basil

I am definitely a carnivore. I wish it wasn’t so, but alas, I do like eating meat and poultry. But I try to make several meat-free dinners a week and we have plenty of friends for whom I cook who are vegetarians. So this I