Lychee Jam 荔枝果醬

Lychee Jam 荔枝果醬 By Ellen L. Published: 2018-07-02 Oh jam it!  Presenting our delicately sweet and tenderly lush pink jam made from the Quee...

Strawberries with Mint White Chocolate Cream

Strawberries with Mint White Chocolate Cream By Ellen L. Published: 2017-08-03 Yummmmmmmm...it's summer and time for strawberries!  Th...

Lychee Time of the Year! 荔枝 - 糯米糍

By Ellen L. Published: 2015-07-01 Hey everyone,  the Queen is back, it's lychee time of the year!  Those gorgeous, sexy, succulent, rose...

Black and Blue Berry Cobbler

When I was 16 with my first taste of freedom in the form of a driver's license and a car, and heavily influenced by the Food Network (wh...

Wine-Soaked Grilled Portobella Mushrooms

I have been off on a whirlwind culinary adventure in New York City, the first of at least a hundred trips to New York in which I was in tota...

Zucchini Bread

If you're like me, you have zucchini plants multiplying at a rate you couldn't possibly consume without hating zucchini by next summ...

September Daring Cook's Challenge: Strawberry Preserves

"Snore," I thought when I read the September Daring Cooks challenge. Canning. Done it. I don't mean to sound like a snob worl...

Blackberry Pie

I think I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. For the crust, you will need: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar ...

Non-Verbal: Perfect Summer Beer

Bread and Butter Pickles

As I whined last week , a co-worker arrived at the office prepared to rid himself of a reusable WalMart bag brimming with garden cucumbers p...

White Sangria

I like a good red wine, but I enjoy it more in the winter. Summer calls for light, refreshing, cold, fruity cocktails, perfect for bringing ...