Sweet and Treat; Halloween Candy

Sweet and Treat; Halloween Candy

I was in the grocery store the other day, I saw rows and rows of Halloween Candy, by this time in the season is to expected. However, as I turned to round the next isle I could believe my green eyes; Christmas Candy. I absolutely adore Christmas time, but not in...
Pinktober: The Sweet Month of Hope

Pinktober: The Sweet Month of Hope

Sunday, October 2nd, is Colorado’s Race for The Cure; it is also the beginning of Pinktober. October is dedicated to breast cancer awareness month. I have run or walked the race every year for more years than I can remember. What I do remember is the year it...
Last Days of Summer, Sydney is Still Holding on to Seashells

Last Days of Summer, Sydney is Still Holding on to Seashells

As I have more than mentioned I ADORE summer; it seems incidental as I write this blog the weather has already changed. The air is cool, damp, and starting to feel crisp. I know there will still be the 85 degree days, but all the romance of summer has all but ended....
I'd Do Anything For You, My Little Framboise Dreammallow

I'd Do Anything For You, My Little Framboise Dreammallow

Sydney and I share the same weaknesses for marshmallows (dreammallows as we call them), NCIS and the “Dawn” duck commercial. Law of averages the “Dawn” commercial must air about five times when we watch an NCIS episode together; without a doubt...
Sweet and Treat; Halloween Candy

Going Back to School Breakfast that Delights All

When I was of grade school age, school didn’t begin till after Labor Day, but since Sydney was small school started before that long weekend that proclaimed  Summer had officially ended. As I watch all the children with their new lunch boxes and uniforms waiting for...
Petit Fours, The Elegant Way to Say I Love You

Petit Fours, The Elegant Way to Say I Love You

Well, it is birthday week again in the Noto home. Though each birthday is special, Sydney’s week always is a little more exceptional, and this is her nineteenth birthday. Time seems to leap, gallop, and sprint by, as each year passes. It was only a blink away...
A Chance to Reminisce Before the End of the Month

A Chance to Reminisce Before the End of the Month

Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenged us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine. Imagine my surprise after returning home from our...
Daring Baker's Sheets of Phyllo Dough

Daring Baker's Sheets of Phyllo Dough

Erica of Erica’s Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker’s June challenge. Erica challenged us to be truly DARING by making homemade phyllo dough and then to use that homemade dough to make Baklava. I actually created  phyllo dough and a baklava for a dear friend,...
Strawberry Tarts, Forever

Strawberry Tarts, Forever

Sydney and I are Farmer’s Market addicts. Between the warm Colorado early summer air and the aromatic smells of the produce, the Farmer’s Market becomes almost as captivating as Fifth Avenue (almost!). The strawberries were intoxicating this past weekend;...
Ian's Birthday, Spring into Mint Chocolate Mini Cakes

Ian's Birthday, Spring into Mint Chocolate Mini Cakes

This past week was a friend’s son twelfth birthday; his favorite flavor is “girl scout” mint chocolate. Sydney and I wanted to create a birthday cake that mimicked as a girl scout cookie. I did not have any girl scout cookies so we needed to...
Kugelhopf, The Best After Party Breakfast

Kugelhopf, The Best After Party Breakfast

Cake or Bread Still Delicious This Article also appears on AskMissA There is an entire historical culinary battle to Kugelhopf, the German’s claim they invented the cake-bread and the French claim it was there innovation. Kugelhopf, a cake known in Germany since...
German Chocolate Cake: A Special Birthday Gift For James

German Chocolate Cake: A Special Birthday Gift For James

James’ Birthday Cake My hairdresser, James, lost his mother in 2009, every year for his birthday she would bake him a German Chocolate Cake. A friend of his was given the recipe and has taken on that responsibility of baking his birthday cake. Sydney and I asked...
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