Caramel Apple Cake and Trader Joe’s Caramel Sea Salt Baking Chips Review

February 13th is the birthday of a native Alaskan man who lives in the Manor and who occasionally accepts a slice of cake or a cookie when I find him in the community room with his Tablet. I decided not to make chocolate because one of my Mahjongg ladies cannot have it and I thought … More Caramel Apple Cake and Trader Joe’s Caramel Sea Salt Baking Chips Review

Butter Rum Quick Bread, a test. No rum. Recipe.

I’ve seen Butter Rum flavoring in little flavoring-type jars before and wanted some to test this idea for yet another quick bread, the easy kind, that Trader Joe’s Pancake Bread* acting as a catalyst to new goodies for the third time. I went looking for it at all the major grocery chains in my neighborhood … More Butter Rum Quick Bread, a test. No rum. Recipe.

Snow prep: 3-Bean Turkey Chipotle Chili, Christmas Cranes in Seattle

  While there’s usually lots of snow in the two mountain ranges in Washington State, where, in my opinion, it belongs, we also get some snow here at Seattle sea level during the season. Some years there’s hardly more than an occasional dusting and, rarely, we have deep snow. It used to be said that … More Snow prep: 3-Bean Turkey Chipotle Chili, Christmas Cranes in Seattle