Wendy's Favorite Place

As some of you know, my life was hijacked recently.  While I still do a lot of cooking and not much writing, I found myself "volu...

Every year I try to add a unique cookie recipe to my Christmas cookie baking.  If they turn out as planned I keep them in the line up fo...

Once again, I've been away too long!  In that case I owe you a dessert recipe!  I broke a tradition this year and experimented with t...

Pudding Girl Looks like I was exposed to chocolate pudding at a very young age.  But, I'm still that girl in many ways!  Don'...

Today, I find myself wishing for more of these special Mother's Day crepes!  My awesome son and his lovely bride-to-be arrived at ...

I may have found my calling.  I  imagine life in a small coastal Italian town where biscotti abounds and people come to my shop to taste ...

Somewhere in the deep dark black hole of my picture archives is a very old snapshot of a small girl in her highchair eating chocolate pud...

In our home we celebrate every day as if it were Valentine's Day.  I don't want to sucumb to the outside (media) pressure.  In actu...

Christmas came and went as I spent the day with the people who are near and dear to me.  This was the "first" year that I had Chr...

If I'm not traveling, the next best place I'd like to be is in the kitchen, especially when it involves chocolate!  What makes it e...

As promised, I saved "the best" for last.  The last of the chocoley chocolate that is!  This company was kind enough to send me ...

My home still has the distinctive aroma of heaven!  Yesterday I decided to create some biscotti from the Chocoley Chocolate that I'm r...

Good things come in small packages!  Especially when they're delivered right to my front door and the package is filled with CHOCOLEY C...

We took a road trip of sorts last Wednesday. A quick ride to the OC in California and back a day later. I can't tell you how many times ...

I love making this cake! I love eating this cake! It's one of those guilty pleasures. Since it is a tradition I only bake it for my son...