Cooking with Barry & Meta

The goal was to make a celebratory cake for a small group so my small bundt pan from Aldi’s was the solution.

Biscuit photo from Hudson Cream website.

I made this small batch of festive Red Velvet Cupcakes for Dawn James’ birthday dinner and celebration it’s a recipe from the Dec.

Classic warm spices and molasses combine to create tasty and easy-to-roll gingerbread cookies.

Everywhere I look on the internet, there is a meringue wreath festively decorated with all varieties of fresh fruit, nuts and mint.

This impressive sweet treat is easy to make with commercially made puff pastry and a jar of Nutella.

I don't ever remember having these cookies, either as a student or as a teacher.

The theme of KANSAS! 2025, vol 81, issue 5 is unusual or quirky things about Kansas.

One year Kay Emel-Powell organized a Chi Omega cookie/dessert exchange among those of us who had lived in the house during the late 1960s.

Sugar cookie dough patted into a large pizza pan and topped with frosting and fruit has been popular for quite a while.

Light and refreshing, this loaded pasta salad is packed with flavor.

This was one of Grandma Richardson’s signature cakes that often took center stage on her cherry wood buffet overlooking the matching dining .

Rhubarb was abundant on my parent’s farm and on the farms where both of my grandparents that lived in Stafford County.

When I was a freshman in high school I went to a Rainbow Girls convention in Wichita with our “Worthy Advisor” and a few other young girls.

Moist and delightfully delicious, this cake was the centerpiece for Virginia Hoffman’s 103 rd birthday party.

Cookbook writer Dorie Greenspan offers up this recipe and on her blog explains the history of this recipe that has traveled the world.