Making Life Delicious: The Pie Life Blog

For many years, on my husband’s birthday, I baked a chocolate cake.  It was different every time because he never liked any of them.  He liked chocolate cake, just not...

Ever since I made cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving, I’ve been thinking about how to use those same flavors in a dessert.  Tremendously sour in their raw state, cranberries reveal a...

As a native Pacific-Northwest-kind-of-girl, it’s a part of my Holiday traditions to bake a blackberry pie.  Picking the wild berries with my father back in Washington State is one of...

Chocolate chip cookies are very serious business. I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I have been tinkering with for many years.  It’s one of my signature desserts and...

Like little bite-size popovers, these light and cheesy snacks are just fun to eat! Gougères make a warm and comforting appetizer or snack, but I also like to serve them...

This is such a beautifully classic idea, I’m amazed that I’ve never run across it before.  The weekend before Thanksgiving, my family of four took a road trip to Montclair,...