Vanilla Bean Pudding and Almond Pie with Raspberry

My best friend Leslie and I have talked on several different occasions about the convenience recipes of our mother’s and grandmother’s generations. Ninety-nine percent of me is completely against them. But there are a couple of these recipes that I remember fondly. A fact I used  to hide with considerable guilt, considering the fact that [...]

Vanilla Bean Pudding

Pudding and I have not always been the best of friends. As a child I always thought it was oddly sweet with a strange texture I didn’t care for at all. Even then I simply had no time for it. My sister and brother devoured their bowls while I attempted to blow bubbles in it [...]

Strawberry Cobbler

I found this Blue Willow plate today high up in a cabinet. It used to hang on my grandmother’s wall. She has always dearly loved Blue Willow and she made certain her granddaughter loved it too. Seeing this plate got me thinking about my grandparents farm. It was the most beautiful place, nestled in the Willamette [...]