The Irish Mother

"Hunger is the best sauce in the world." ~Cervantes The fresh fig season here is so short that there are years I don't even se...

"For a really good crumb cake, you need to have yeast dough." ~Carla (ask.com) Almost every week growing up, we would have an Ent...

"If you lived on cabbage, you would not be obliged to flatter the powerful." To which the courtier replied, "If you flattered...

The Irish Mother: Raisin Bran Granola Cinnamon Buns : "Now for the tea of our host, now for the rollicking bun, now for the muffin and ...

"Now for the tea of our host, now for the rollicking bun, now for the muffin and toast, now for the gay Sally Lunn!" ~William Shak...

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song over hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ~J. R.R. Tolkien I'm a little behind....

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." ~Henry David Thoreau If you stop...