Strawberries | A Sweet Spoonful

Visions of Greatness or Something Like It

May 20, 2011 – 11:08 am

[ Pie. if you’ve been around here much in the last few months, you know that I make pie. A lot of pie. And I’m particularly excited to share this pie with you today because it helped me break out of a rut. A pie rut. A baking rut. A Marge inspiration rut.

A Day off in June

June 19, 2010 – 7:51 am

So here’s what a day off looks like–a day off nearing the second half of June where I try to squeeze in way too many things because I know I won’t have another leisurely day in awhile. Is that what you do on your days off? Oy. There was a double espresso with almond milk, [...]

Strawberry Ice Cream to Avoid Humiliation

May 4, 2010 – 10:56 pm

It strikes me as very odd that I’ve never written about ice cream here. This is because it’s my very favorite food of all time. I won’t admit how frequently I eat ice cream each week–hopefully family members will practice restraint with their comments on this particular post. But really, ice cream makes me very [...]

Strawberry jam to ease a heat wave

August 30, 2009 – 7:55 pm

On my ferry ride into the city Friday night, one of the drivers came on the loudspeaker announcing, “No we do not have air conditioning. No, the city isn’t any cooler. Have a lovely evening.” Yikes. Well, to his credit, we were all a bit grouchy. This past weekend, a heatwave descended on the Bay [...]