Chilled Desserts for the Holiday Season Food November 9, 2021By Sharon Hudgins During the Christmas-New Year season, from Advent at the beginning of December to Three Kings Day on...
Mushrooms & More Food July 12, 2021By Sharon HudginsPhotographs Courtesy Sharon Hudgins A Halloween cartoon in The New Yorker magazine showed two witches stirring a bubbling...
Chill Out with Summer Soups Food April 28, 2021By Sharon HudginsPhotographs Courtesy Sharon Hudgins Summer is prime time for all those luscious fruits and berries that bring their...
Edible EasterTable Decorations Food March 2, 2021By Sharon Hudgins • Photographs Courtesy Mary Beth Strickler It’s that time of year again, when the stores are filled...
Dessert in Austria Food January 4, 2021By Peter Pabisch The term “dessert” has many alternative expressions in Austria which are hard, even impossible to translate: sweet,...
Sweetened Puffs of Air Food January 4, 2021By Sharon Hudgins Photographs Courtesy Sharon Hudgins Meringues, macaroons, and macarons. Members of this family of sweet treats are sold...
You say “Potato” —und ich sag: “Kartoffel” Food January 4, 2021By Robert A. Selig … and some say Erdbirne, or Erdapfel, or Krumbirn or Grumbeere, Tartuffel or, when deep-fried, even...
Magnificent Marzipan! Food November 5, 2020It’s not hard to see why we’re “nuts” about this marvelous confection. By Sharon Hudgins • Photographs Courtesy Sharon Hudgins...
MARZIPAN HOLIDAY TREATS Food November 5, 2020By Sharon Hudgins • Photographs Courtesy Sharon Hudgins At this time of year, almond paste and its sweeter sibling, marzipan,...
Baking Your Roots Food August 31, 2020By Sharon Hudgins In the past, as cooler weather arrived every autumn, people living in cold climates knew that fresh...