A Citrus Terrine my Mom would have loved.. My mom loved this time of year. No, not because of the snowy, chilly Northeast weather – she actually didn’t care for that at all – but because it was citrus…
Notice anything different? If not.. then you best get your eyes checked. Welcome to my new home here at abbydodge.com. My site has been running for about 6 years and, well, it was time for a change.. a BIG…
I know, I know… Valentines Day is a made-up holiday but… it’s such a wonderful excuse to indulge in all things chocolate and I never – ever – pass up an opportunity to eat chocolate. This year, I’m going…
Cakey or Fudgy — Which one are you? I just got a wonderful email from Jill who confessed to being a somewhat distracted “Weekend Baker”. It’s OK Jill.. it happens to the best of us — even me.. but…
I’m a big-time fan of ginger: fresh, ground, crystallized, you name it and I’ll use it. So it stands to reason that I have a ginger cookie for every season, right? Right. Well, we all know that molasses pairs…
What’s with this recipe title? It’s an odd, somewhat quirky Abby story but, thankful, not a long one. Let me explain.. My family has odd habit of substituting names of some of our favorite friends for similar situations or…
Sure, I’m a huge fan of BIG desserts but sometimes all that’s needed is a simple one layer number that’s packed with flavor and topped with fruit: Pear-Almond Cake. Let me put it another way…. in fashionista verbiage: the…
I don’t often talk, let alone blog, about other folks and the choices they make ~in fact I never have, that is, until now. It’s not that I don’t have opinions; I just think that everyone is entitled to…
A few weeks back, my family asked for bananas to have on-hand for lunches, snacks, etc. That’s easy enough, I thought, so I happily obliged, bought a bunch and set them on the kitchen counter. At the time they…