Family Food Blog 

This fresh slushie was first concocted by my son Alex. We had a giant box of cherries and he got to thinking that slushies might be the...

Harvesting rhubarb is almost as fun as eating it: Individual pieces crack off smartly, cleanly separating from the mother plant, leaving...

Do you remember a few summers ago when everyone was sprinkling chili powder, salt and lime on top of fruit? At first it was delicious,...

When Erich and I were in graduate school in Chicago we would often drive to Huron, Ohio for the holidays. Erich's mother was (and is) so...

Despite my kids' requests, I had not made these coconut-coconut-banana muffins since before we left Michigan. For some reason I recently...

I love lemon cake, but I have often found that pound cakes and bundt cakes dripping in syrup or white frosting are too sweet for their...

Scones are simple: flour, butter, cream, salt, baking powder, and maybe egg. Yet, there are so many styles of scone: American, English,...

Sometimes you need a smoothie that tastes green and fresh and gives you the superpower to not eat a whole block of cheese. Sometimes your...