Recipes

The spices in this recipe can be changed to meet your own tastes. Sometimes and ginger and chrystalized ginger with toasted almonds are used.

Soft inside, with a crisp outside. The sweet apples deliciously juxtaposed the spicy bits of spicy candied ginger. Recipe courtesy of La Matriz Bakery. Visit our blog to learn more....

Poached pears are a great seasonal dish, there’s something about them that makes people think you really know what you’re doing—especially if you refer to them as Poire à la...

This recipe comes from one of the best spice books we've ever found, Jill Norman's "Herbs & Spices: The Cook's Reference". Along with the beautiful photos and useful information, she...

You can also use the Spice House blend of Maple Sugar and Cinnamon Ceylon ground or just with Ceylon Cinnamon.

A delicious spread for toast or potato pancakes.

To make hibiscus sugar grind dried hibiscus leaves in coffee bean grinder.Strain through a sifter.Add sugar according to the desired taste.

Note that this calls for both Orange EXTRACT AND Orange FLOWER WATER.

This recipe was the 1st place winner in The Chicago Tribune's Good Eating contest, 2006.

Some time ago a local chocolatier closed, leaving me pining for their amazing Mexican hot chocolate. I am delighted to have finally managed to duplicate it in my own kitchen!...

Candy making has always been a big deal in my family. My Grandmother learned to make candy when she was a child by helping her mother at Christmas time. As...

Grandma Lois Rosenbaum was my husband's maternal grandmother. I first tasted this "pudding" in 1971 and was delighted by its rich texture and tart, fruity taste. I didn't know a...

Grandma Edna Fulford was widowed in 1918, left with two small children and no means of financial support except her own ingenuity and the willingness to help in any way...

For me, the most meaningful reunion was my mother's family's annual Christmas gathering, held on the evening of Christmas Day at my Grandma Lindbeck's home White Bear Lake. Louise Lindbeck...