My first ice cream recipe for the summer and it won’t be the last.     So we are strolling through one of the markets in Provence and a lady tells my friend about her “ginger beer”. My friend loved the taste and then came and found me and convinced me to buy some also. [...]

Something I definitely wanted to try in France.     So, before heading off for France I found a “must try” food list while in France. Below was my list I was working from and if I managed to try them. Baguettes (tried many times), croissants (almost daily), cheeses (many different kinds were eaten), charcuterie [...]

Visions of sugar plums dancing in my head over this cake.     Our two weeks in France went by so fast. And I was right about all the pastries we ate. There are a couple of things we had while there that I want to try and recreate. Like the cream puffs that the [...]

These are to die for and you will want more than three.   We served these three little chocolate filled raspberries after the cheese course of our French dinner a few weeks ago.     NOTES FROM FRANCE:  Left Paris today and arrived in Elygaliers in Provence.  Now this is France. Feel like we are [...]

Who didn’t grow up loving Jello and Jello Knox Blox?    Remember the song from the Jello commercial – ♫ Watch it wiggle, see it jiggle. Cool and smoothy, Jello brand gelatin. Of all desserts you’ll love the one that tastes so light and makes such fun. Make Jello gelatin and make some fun. J-e-l-l-o!♫ It’s [...]