2011

Last week a coworker at my old job was crazy busy, babysitting her grandchildren and helping her daughter out. As a result, I offered to make a dish to please the kids and keep her out of the kitchen during …

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My sorella told me I should make pea pesto. I was having Rebecca over to help me make the rose cake, so I wooed her with pea pesto. The pesto recipe looked good, but I only had sweet peas, and …

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Hello again, Sorella Tortina here. In addition to vegetarian cooking, I’m also quite fond of baking. Today I want to share with you how to make cake balls! I first saw cake balls at a bakery in the valley owned …

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Mary’s take on the day…thank you Mary!!

I know you have been waiting with bated breath for the final product of the rose cake. Well, I aim to please, so here we go. These are the cakes. As I mentioned before, because the strawberry cake didn’t make …

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Hello from Roanoke, Virginia GMS-ers! You may have noticed I’ve been mostly absent from the blog lately, but not to worry! I’ll be back in blogging action in a month or two, when my school program ends and I finally …

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I know that you’ve seen us make a variety of delicious items on our blog. Some of them have even been brownies. We love brownies. They’re delightful and delicious and make us smiley because we don’t have to pull ’em …

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So we wanted to make something with eggplant for June. And we wanted them to involve maybe a fig, or a date, and some cheese, and maybe balsamic reduction, and maybe be hot but maybe be cold. We came up …

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So last night was the second night of the three-day cake that is for Ms. Ellen’s birthday. And no, she’s not a demanding friend. I just was like, “Hey can I make this vertical layer cake with roses for your …

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A few days ago, I went to yoga with Demi Soeur and we were yoga-ing when the woman teaching said, “I’d like to do a hand balance pose” and proceeded to explain to us how to get into side crow …

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