Every Good Tree Bears Good Fruit

That verse is so true, that I just had to share it. Matthew says it several times and so does Luke. The people I have met through life have proven this verse to me time and again.For more participants in Word-Filled Wednesday, visit Amy at The 160 Acre Woods.

Pound Cake Dessert And A Slice Of History Too

STRAWBERRY SEASON IS HERE!!! And I'm excited to tell you about a dessert I served my family this week-end because it not only received rave reviews, but it can be made with lots of variations.I made it from scratch, but if you want to take shortcuts, it could easily be made using store-bought items. I combined a pound cake with ice cream, strawberries and a couple of rolled wafers from Europe.

Raisins From Biblical Days To Television Days

Thirteen Facts About RaisinsRaisins are cholesterol-free;Low in sodium;Fat-free;Rich source of antioxidants; Four pounds of fresh grapes produce one pound of raisins;Raisin juice is a pure extract of raisins;It is a natural substitute for preservatives;It sweetens and colors natural baking goods;It can be used as a sugar substitute;Raisin paste is used in fillings for fine confections;Raisin

Yummy Nutella Rewards Buyers With Freebies

Nutella is oh so yummy! It was created in Italy during World War II by Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker and founder of the Ferrero company (it's the filling in Ferrero Rocher!) when chocolate was scarce so the inventor added 13% ground hazelnuts to stretch out the chocolate. I have been eating it since I was a child in Paris, but it has been available in the U.S. on the East Coast since

Four Awards In Four Days, And A Tag Too

Wow! You are all so kind and generous with the awards and tags you are giving me. I am SO appreciative! You are the best blog readers anyone could possibly want and I am so glad I have been able to provide you with something you enjoy so much.I Love You All This Much!You All Make My Day!I Think You're Tops!I'm So Glad To Have Such EXCELLENT Readers!These are all wonderful awards and I thank

Aimez Vous Les Crepes? Do You Like Crepes?

I love crepes! I love them as a dessert of course, but I also love them as a savory entree. Crepes are one of my specialties which get requested by family and friends, especially my mom.I remember watching my mom make them when I was a child. I would help prepare the batter using my mom's favorite cookbook, a guide for newlyweds given to every couple by the city of Paris when my parents were

Faith The Size Of A Mustard Seed Is Enough

For more Word-Filled Wednesday participants,visit Amy at The 160 Acre Woods.Here in Southern California, the hills are bright green and yellow right now as the wild mustard flowers are in full bloom. It is a gorgeous site and always reminds me of this verse. It's a great verse to remember because I think most of us at one time or another will go through periods where our faith is tested, but

An Excellent Month Deserves A Celebration!

Just as this blog turned one month old, I was given another award. Grace of Grace Today has been a regular reader and encouraging commenter for this blog since I first started Joy Of Desserts, and she has awarded me An E For Excellent Blog Award. Thank you so much Grace! It feels so wonderful to see that my dessert blog is liked and appreciated.I have had a wonderful first month with lots of

Yummy Chocolate Through The Years

1765: Dr. James Baker and chocolate maker John Hannon founded the Walter Baker Chocolate Company in a mill on Neponset River, Massachusetts;1849: The Italian Dominbro Ghirardelli began making chocolate in San Francisco during the Gold Rush;1868: Parisian Etienne Guittard comes to California to start the Guittard Chocolate Company;1871: American Milton Hershey founded his company in Pennsylvania

Foodie Blog Roll & Food Blog Search Work

A few days ago I added the Foodie Blog Roll and the Food Blog Search Engine to my blog's sidebar. It will help you, my readers, find other food related blogs and specific topics, and it will also help me get seen and discovered in the food blog community. If you are reading this post from a reader or feed, be sure to come by Joy Of Desserts for my actual post so you can try out these

Passover For Jews And Christians Alike

Word-Filled Wednesday participants gather at Amy's The 160 Acre Woods, Spreading God's Word one blog at a time. In recent years our church has started celebrating the seder dinner for Passover. We've even once had the privilege of having a Rabbi join us and we always attract a few Jewish families and mixed marriage families as well. It is a great religious experience as well as a lot of

Let Them Eat Cupcakes!

Have you noticed the craze about CUPCAKES? There are cupcake bakeries popping up all over the country, more and more cupcake design books and cookbooks are in stores, and you know they are big and soon to be bigger when Martha Stewart devotes an entire week and a contest to cupcakes. What do you think of all the sudden fuss over cupcakes? Is it warranted or overblown by fashion setters?I was

Here's 10 Excellent Foodie Blogs

The Empty Nest awarded me with this EXCELLENT award on April Fools, but it was no joke. The award rules require that I show my appreciation by finding 10 more EXCELLENT blogs to award. And here they are: the 10 foodie blogs I have chosen from my blog reader, my readers' comments and also a few brand new discoveries.Eat Yet? is a blog written by a group of foodies blogging from several states

This Blog Is Rated E For Excellent!!!

I've received an another award, and it is EXCELLENT! Thank you Empty Nest!! This award requires that we show our appreciation by giving it to 10 other blogs we deem EXCELLENT. I love giving out awards! It's so much fun. It makes people happy and I get to discover their bloggy friends too. So I will be looking through my new blog reader and through my comments, and soon I will let you know

Make Them Into Bread For Yourself

Other than an exercise at church with a tiny round loaf for our son's First Holy Communion, I've never attempted to bake bread. Have you?Visit the other participants in Word-Filled Wednesday on Amy's The 160 Acre Woods.

Singing Cookbooks? Let Julia Child Show Us

When I was in college, we had a mostly unused library, called "The Old Library." It was staffed with a single student librarian and more often than not, I was the only person spending time in it. I loved it because it was a quiet place to study ... I had the whole building to myself :-) and ... shhhh ... I even neatly and without a single mess or spill, ate my lunch there while I studied. But