well...good byes are always hard...but livi and i decided that the blog had served it's purpose, and it was time to move on...i will be retiring (at least temporarily) from blogging, but livi will be continuing to blog on her own personal blog. livi and i will continue to talk, text, and take pictures of … Continue reading (anne + livi): goodbye…
Month: May 2017
(anne): little tasties
when i typed this title, spell check immediately changed "tasties" to "nasties". haha. depending on who in my family you talked to, either one of those would have been an accurate description! usually, these little bits of dough are left over from rolling out pie crust for a bona fide pie. i chose to make … Continue reading (anne): little tasties
(livi): strawberry rhubarb pie
strawberry rhubarb pie is like the spring pie of all the spring pies…kate mcdermott's "art of the pie" includes several pies using rhubarb...i can't wait to bake my way through them all!my dear mother invited my brothers over to my house the evening i was making this, and so my “baking mind” was trying to multi-task … Continue reading (livi): strawberry rhubarb pie
(anne): vanilla apple galette
this past week, i set out to make an apple pie...and then i asked myself, why? i could either make one double crust apple pie or two apple galettes...all with the same amount of dough and less fuss...no brainer, right? a galette is basically a rustic, open-topped tart. you roll out your pie dough to … Continue reading (anne): vanilla apple galette
(livi): the quintessential (mini) apple pies
my sister’s wedding was this past friday evening and instead of a full dinner menu she had just a simple dessert reception. since my mama doesn’t eat refined sugar, i decided to bake her up a few tiny treats of her own to enjoy at the reception. she was, after all, the mother of the … Continue reading (livi): the quintessential (mini) apple pies