It's one of those scuddy cloudy, sun and brighty March days here in Maine and we are collecting our maple sap....... ...in possibly the...

In a desperate attempt to help the mounds of dirty snow dissipate I decided to make one of my favourite cookies which just happen to be c...

Spring simply must be coming because I am now the proud owner of this little pink chick...and chick's are born in spring right???...or ...

Pancake Tuesday, as it is known in Blighty, also Shrove Tuesday as it is the day on which one shrives.....ie confesses one's multitudin...

"Viewmaster" by James Strickland Snow piling up under the spruce tree Our house hunkering down for the storm "Girl Facing ...

Is this a Fool or a Whim Wham...that is the question! After reading through various books and tearsheets I realized that Fool and Whim Wham ...

The original cupcake baked, iced 15 times and photographed by yours truly! My iconic Pink Cupcake illustration - so glad I creat...

Frozen apples with little caps of snow A whole tree of colourful frozen apples looks so nice against the frigid white landscape...I didn...

Lady fingers.... this was my first attempt at making them and they came out a little thin but they tasted great...crisp, light and so Ladyfi...

This is the scene outside right now...winter has arrived with a vengeance and we here in Maine are girding ourselves for quite the snowstor...

James created this box as a touchstone for the myth of the Yellow Emperor, Huang Di , patron of Taoism, inventor of the principles of Chi...

The ingredients...minus the egg I forgot! Look at the apples, they are Black Oxfords grown in Paris, Maine...they are beautiful! The ...