Dawna in the Kitchen

I adore fruit salad. That is, I love fresh fruit. Fruit salad, as found in restaurants (often under the name "fruit cup" or simpl...

I do like zucchini, and I admire its versatility. My mother had an astonishing number of places to hide it when it overran the garden (and ...

I had some sage that needed using. A friend had uprooted a monstrous sage bush from his yard, and I became the beneficiary of a whole lot ...

What do you do with a little leftover plain chocolate cake? Well, if you have some strawberries around, you cube up that cake and toss it w...

I found this recipe whilst surfing around the internet, as one does. I had bookmarked it, and then copy-pasted it into a document of Things...

A while ago, I made some rum syrup, for some recipe or other. And I liked it so much, it stayed on in the kitchen to be incorporated into a...

I've been sitting on this pic for a while, as it trickily sneaked under my radar when I was processing a large number of photos. This is...

Bento, again, or as they might say on Iron Chef, "Bento, Greek Flavour." The meatballs in the little silicone baking cup are spice...

Spring is coming on fast, but there are still a few chilly days left that lend themselves to beefy braises and slow stews; just time to get...

If you have check out my Reviews blog, Much Ado About Diet , you'll see the test recipe for Dilled Pasta Salad with Spring Vegetables fr...