It is easy to halve the potato (scone) where there is love ~ Irish Proverb

I don’t eat scones here in the U.S. but my own. I’m a scone snob. I’ve created my own version of a scone, my American scone, and it is a cross between the Irish traditional scone and a cookie....

My book, Pavlova in a Hat Box, Sweet Memories & Desserts, is a loving tribute to my eighty-seven year old mother, Doris Mary Cope-Havens-Filippetti-Force-Huston, who sang blues and jazz in our kitchen and baked hope into our hearts. One can get a sense of the many col...

 The day before Mother's Day, my first book event for Pavlova in a Hat Box, Sweet Memories & Desserts was hosted by Freshwater Farms in Atkinson, New Hampshire. Pavlova in a Hat Box is a collection of essays/meditations that have been wrested from a country childhood a...