I feel certain that a whole cookbook could be written on Southern lemon desserts.  There’s lemon chess pie, lemon bars, lemon meringue pie, lemon curd, lemon cream pie, lemon icebox cookies, lemon poppyseed cake, lemon squares, lemon pound cake, and lemon this and lemon that! It seems that Southerners love lemon in more things than just sweet [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’m going on 5 years here in northern California, and I’m gettin’ pretty used to the California lifestyle.  I love how every town has a weekly farmer’s market.  If you miss market day, there’s always a roadside stand that sells local fruit, vegetables, honey, olives and nuts daily.  I love that when the rest of [Click to Continue Reading...]

Lemon desserts were my grandmother’s favorite and now they have become mine.  I make these cupcakes with Meyer lemons when they are in season.  I read somewhere that a good substitution for Meyer lemon is half orange zest and half regular lemon zest.  I’ve never tried that, but if you have, let me know if it’s tasty. [Click to Continue Reading...]