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Dark Rocky Roads from Maida Heatter

We all strive for a life that is rewarding, perhaps challenging, but hopefully not arduous. We want to avoid rocky roads, except for perhaps a vacation adventure. No, our pathways in life ideally are as smooth as asphalt with easy hills. Uh, there is one exception....

Brian’s Strawberry Lemonade

This morning in the Catskills it was 30° but it’s headed to 86° in two days. Time to believe in summer and the need for cool refreshment instead of cool temperature. And just in time the strawberries are arriving. Not local, but they’ll do. Here’s rif on my earlier...
French Style Meringue Cookies

French Style Meringue Cookies

Yesterday I presented you with a decadently rich vanilla ice cream that uses 7 egg yolks. That left me with 7 egg whites, and today I’ll suggest a lovely way to use 4 of those whites. It’s a meringue cookie. Yes, I’ve posted a few meringue cookie recipes here. It’s a...

Extra Rich and Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream

Down the road from us is lady with a yard filled with chickens running around and laying eggs. The egg shells come in rainbow colors — almost like Easter eggs without the artificial dye. Inside, each egg is radiant with an intensely orange yolk and lovely white that...