Tag: dessert

  • Olive Oil Cupcakes

    Olive Oil Cupcakes

    Do you have a favorite dessert when you offer to bring one to a gathering (remember those?)? This recipe is my go-to option. Pre-COVID I used to bake a whole cake and sprinkle it with powder sugar and decorate it with a sprig of my olive tree. It looked beautiful. Today, instead I make cupcakes,…

  • Cookies in a Jar

    Cookies in a Jar

    I’ve always tried to find cute party favors that don’t end up in the trash. It saddens me when they get a bag full of little plastic toys that give kids joy for a second and then end up hidden in the backseat of your car, forgotten and, eventually, in the trash. We’ve given jumping…

  • Peach Pie

    Peach Pie

    Drum roll, please! If you’ve read my bio on Instagram, the last statement is that I make a killer apple pie. I do, I am sorry to brag. It hasn’t happened overnight, though. I’ve been practicing for many, many years. I have many stories about making pie, undercooked dough, tasteless peaches or apples, burnt crust;…