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Welsh cakes are a perfect teatime treat: Light, flaky and with a texture that melts in your mouth like shortbread.

Wishing for Welsh magic: Baker tries to recapture sweetness of family trip

September 18, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Our family has just returned from a three-week sojourn in Great Britain, so I’ve got a bit of reality whiplash. One day I woke up in a tiny Welsh village that’s straight out of a fairy tale and then, boom, a dozen hours later I’m going to bed in Washougal.… Read story

Blend cottage cheese with cocoa powder and maple syrup, and you’ve got … a kind of soup. But it’s high in protein and low-ish in fat.

The proof is in the pudding and this cottage cheese pudding proves to be pretty bad

August 21, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

We’re about to take a long-delayed trip to visit my husband’s parents in Wales. It’s been 14 years since our last visit, mainly because the cost of such a journey overshadowed our ability to fund it. We hoped to go in 2020, but you all know what happened then. Now… Read story

With broccoli, bacon, cheese, nuts and cranberries, this crunch-tangy-sweet broccoli salad is a winner.

Keen on green: Crunchy, fresh broccoli salad just right for summer

August 14, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Our summer vacation is quickly approaching — or perhaps we are approaching it, depending on your views on the nature of time — and I am too preoccupied with travel plans to concentrate on complicated meals. Plus, it’s hot and I don’t want cook, so there. Read story

Two cups of fresh peaches and a pecan-brown sugar streusel topping make this coffee cake irresistible.

Perfectly peachy: The Bundt cake was a disaster but coffee cake hit the spot

August 7, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

I love peaches. When it’s peach season, I eat peaches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I can’t get the taste out of my mind, and I don’t want to. I want to feed the craving. I mean, that’s how you handle a craving, right? Or do I misunderstand the fundamental… Read story

Popovers and Yorkshire puddings are essentially the same thing, except Yorkshire puddings are traditionally cooked in roast beef drippings.

Popovers, aka Yorkshire pudding, are best savored with friends and family

July 31, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

The kindest person I’ve ever known was my friend Shoshana’s mother, Deanna. She passed away at about the same time my mother did. Shoshana and I attended back-to-back memorial services and stood near each other as we shared poignant memories about our mothers. At Deanna’s memorial, I relayed a story… Read story

Follow your (chocolate) bliss: Can you really have too many cool, creamy desserts in the summertime?

Perfect for potlucks or get-togethers, this chilled, layered Chocolate Bliss is a little bit messy and a lot delicious.

When I was in high school, our family spent a week with my mother’s side of the family on my great-aunt Marilyn’s cotton farm in Wichita Falls, Texas. One night, Marilyn and my great-uncle Wendel hosted a big family potluck. Everyone brought something. There were the usual suspects: fried chicken… Read story

Presto pesto: Peas, spinach and basil mix with pasta for simple supper

Blend peas, spinach, basil, garlic and lemon juice into this punchy summer pesto.

Many years ago I attended a “knitters and natters” knitting circle at a friend’s house. It was a lively group of creative, clever and accomplished women. We’d bring a potluck dinner and the host would make cocktails. The cocktails did not help with the knitting, but they sure helped with… Read story

When life gives you limes, make Brazilian lemonade with few ingredients

This creamy, tart citrus drink is made with whole limes and sweetened condensed milk.

Sometimes readers ask me how I can write so much and keep thinking of (allegedly) funny things to say, so I will tell you: It’s a struggle. I don’t mean that it’s a struggle in the same way as actual problems, like a hospitalization, forest fire or running out of… Read story

The world is a wild and baffling place: Summer fruit crisp is the perfect comfort food

Pie may be all-American, but this Deep Dish Summer Crisp — with extra-deep fruit filling and topping — can’t be beat.

July 3, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

I was going to make a citrusy beverage to welcome the official start of summer but instead I have reached back into my childhood to make the most comforting dessert I could think of: a deep-dish summer fruit crisp. It’s a crisp and not a crumble because it has oats… Read story

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