friday fun

FOOD Berries are beginning to taste better. According to the Idaho Preferred Products Calendar we’re about a week and a half away from “in season” berries.  I’ve been buying blackberries whenever I see a container that looks good.  The last two containers have been pretty sweet so now I’m thinking about blackberries. This Blackberry Fennel Pizza….

Mother’s Day

Delmer and Allen DunnA few weeks back my sister posted a sweet video of a granddaughter wearing her grandmothers wedding dress for her own wedding.  The grandmother didn’t know her granddaughter was going to wear the dress so it was a surprise.  The video was the grandmother’s reaction to seeing her granddaughter wearing the dress. …

friday fun

FOOD It’s definitely spring in Idaho Falls, Idaho. We’ve got wind, sporadic rain, our lawns and leaves are almost completely green.  Most people have planted their gardens, fingers crossed, hoping it won’t freeze again! Our produce departments are bursting with bitter berries because they’re not quite in season. But, the stores want us to get…

the best german chocolate cake recipe

Including this cake, I’ve only baked a birthday cake for Sam twice in 18 years! The first cake was a Tigger (Disney Character) cake on his 1st birthday. A couple of days before his Birthday this year I decided to bake him one. I asked him what kind of cake he wanted.  He said he’d…