Cornmeal crust grilled fruit pies with mascarpone filling, certainly qualifies as one of my favorite summer desserts! Summer desserts aren’t always ice cream. Often times they contain fruit-and this special pie is so worth it! 4th of July is always bittersweet for me. I’ve always felt like it is the halfway point to marking summer’s …
Sometimes it is hard to start a Monday. Other weeks I can wake up raring to go. But sometimes it is just hard. Choosing the right direction in life isn’t always about the compass. It’s about passion and love and common sense. And learning how to stand on your own two feet. It’s the common …
Not My Mama’s Cherry Pie “If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?” Today is George Washington’s Birthday. A long, long time ago when I walked miles to school we celebrated George’s birthday on his real birthday. I don’t think President’s Day was invented yet. And when I …
Fudge Pie has received a lot of press lately. It is featured as the winning dessert in the novel, “The Help”, (a good read, btw) where everyone wants Minny’s secret recipe. In my life it has always been part of my husband’s requests as he grew up with the fudge pie his mother made. Hers …