x Sometimes, the bananas all seem to ripen (or over-ripen) at once. When a couple of spots develop on those apples in the crisper drawer at the same time, it might just be time for a dessert that uses up both these kinds of fruit. This cake is super moist and is the kind that…

Novembrrrrr. This has been a pretty chilly fall here in the upper Midwest, and a winter storm advisory has just been posted for tonight, with perhaps 3 to 5 inches of snow in the forecast….And I still haven’t finished clearing the last (I hope) layer of leaves off of my deck. What better time to…

(The following post is from 2017 but still captures a bit of the story of a very traditional part of our year end holiday meals–all of them!) This year, work conflicts meant that all of our immediate family couldn’t gather on Thanksgiving day for the usual feast, so we would need to celebrate the holiday…