If you tickle the earth with a hoe, she laughs with a harvest. ~Douglas Jerrold It has been a summer of collectives. A clowder of cats. A clutch of chicks. A paddling of ducks. An embarrassment of zucchini. Two modest seeds grew to alien heights and produced and produced and … [Read more...]
Sour Cream Banana Cake with Brown Sugar Caramel Frosting
Bananas rise above it all. The worse they look, the better they taste. So save the squishiest and nastiest of them, and whip up this Sour Cream Banana Cake. It's super banana-y and - paired up with the Brown Sugar Caramel Frosting - will make you feel splendid. Cheers. Sour … [Read more...]
Rhubarb Ginger Oatmeal Bars
Simplicity is a prerequisite for reliability. ~Edsger Dijkstra It's almost Canada Day, and the local strawberries are still (unseasonably) weeks away. But there's always rhubarb. Simple. Reliable. Roasting the rhubarb before it's added helps get rid of any extra moisture and … [Read more...]
Lumberjack Squares
Work. Don't think. Relax. ~Ray Bradbury It's in between the working and the relaxing that the brain gets in trouble. Fretting. Worrying. Feeding the illusion of control. I imagine Depression-era lumberjacks relaxed with gusto and didn't waste a lot of time in the in-between - … [Read more...]
Raspberry Sour Cream Streusel Muffins
Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. ~Wendell Berry The first day of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere). Raspberries are still another month away, but the canes are blossoming. Fortunately, these muffins are just fine with frozen … [Read more...]
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