The Ribbon and Pear

After spending 11 days at the Iowa State Fair, quickly followed by setting up and conducting an estate sale, I was back in the kitchen yesterday, trying a new recipe for Carrot Cake Jam. Success! If you would like to learn how to make jam and can it, let's get a session scheduled.

Today's work of black raspberry jelly is dedicated to all those fabulous cook's who came before me. Want to learn how, set up a session for cooking, baking, jelly making, you decide what to work on. Getting second batch ready to cook!

Happy World Chocolate Day! For some of us, there is really no need to designate a special date, every day is a good day for chocolate. I have been working on my Grandmother's Sour Cream Devil's Food Cake recipe, and it is just about ready to be reintroduced. Who wants to have a lesson on chocolate cake? Let's get a session on the calendar for in person baking lessons.

Happy 4th of July everyone! We will be celebrating at a cookout today, how about you? Bringing a signature dish to a pot luck is a great contribution. What do you want to learn to make? Got an old family recipe to recreate? Let's get an in person cooking lesson scheduled.

In honor of National Joke Day:
What did the doctor prescribe to the sick lemon?
Lemon-aid
If you want to learn basic or advanced cooking skills, so your meals are not a joke, contact me to schedule in person classes. Dad jokes are completely optional 😀

My Grandmother, Lucille Hyatt, taught me a lot about cooking, canning and baking. What did you learn from your grandparents in the kitchen? If you are missing some pieces to the puzzle, want to recreate that famous recipe, or have catching up to do on old fashioned home cooking, lets get an in person session scheduled soon.

Who knew there was a National Peaches and Cream Day? Peaches do deserve their own holiday, a day off from work to pick, eat, can, and use peaches in baked goods. It is a little early here in Iowa to have local peaches, but when the free stone Elberta variety is in stores, there will be delicious opportunities in my kitchen. Schedule a time to be here with me and enjoy!

It's National Vanilla Milkshake Day! Vanilla is a versatile flavoring, used mostly in baking, but also in candy, drinks, and, of course, Ice Cream. If you want to learn how to make homemade vanilla, homemade vanilla ice cream or even vanilla cake and frosting, let's get a session scheduled for an person cooking lesson.

Happy Father's Day to everyone who parents a child. Parenting is challenging in all its forms and functions. If you and your child want to learn basic cooking skills, have a family recipe you want recreated or are looking for a fun activity, contact me to schedule in person cooking lessons.

National Picnic Day calls for a trip to the park, river, or even your back yard to enjoy a meal outside. Want to learn how to prepare old fashioned potato salad or make cucumber sandwiches, contact me for in person cooking lessons.

Iowa State Fair, August, 2021. Entered 13 cakes on one day. Lots of work, but those blue ribbons are sure worth it! Want to learn how to make any of these beauties yourself, message me and we can set up a group or one on one class.