I was one of those little kids who loved beets. Mashed winter squash I couldn’t stomach as a child but I’d have second helpings of boiled beets with supper. That’s why I couldn’t resist the Chocolate Beet Sheet Cake recipe in the new cookbook, Brown Eggs and Jam Jars. Written […]

Blueberry crumb coffee cake is a classic crumb cake made with stone ground flour and topped with a cupful of healthy toasted walnuts. Long before big boxes of blueberries were available at local markets mom used to buy her blueberries from a Mr. Ness way up in Belleisle Creek. She […]

Raspberry sponge cake is a delicious white cake topped with baked-in fresh raspberries. Desserts that make use of fresh summer berries are always the best. As kids we were often off in the bushes with buckets picking wild berries to bring home to mom. Or we’d pick handfuls as we […]