{WNIMKW} Living in the West

Editor’s Note: What’s New in My Kitchen Wednesdays, is a semi-weekly series where we weave a personal story with a review of a beloved or new item in our kitchen, in our glass or on our plate. Take it away Leslie….-Christina +++++ In December, an issue of Sunset Magazine arrived in my mailbox. Their slogan,…

{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL

I’m not going to lie. The national news links are items I myself want to read this Sunday morning. The recipes and food recall notices have been read and approved (by me). For various reasons, Miles getting his 2 year molars refusing to nap waking nightly every 3 hours, I just didn’t get around to…

{Tis the Season} Apple Cake

It’s fall and around here in upstate NY the apple orchards are bustling and that means the kids are begging to pick apples.  We managed to get out on the last day of summer vacation for a glorious day at Bowman’s Orchards  http://www.bowmanorchards.com in Rexford, NY.  Let me tell you…as the kiddos get older apple picking…

Stacked Burrito Pie

Back when I only cooked using a recipe, I used to go to the library  to search through cooking magazine’s (I like magazine’s best because they always have picture’s- this helps me).  I would usually come home with a few good ideas- but not to many things were kid friendly.  So then ding, ding, ding…