Happy Valentine/Presidents’ Day Cherry-Port Brownies

Mama Shoe Chef has no special Valentine, so that means a trip to the kitchen–in heels, of course.  Last month I saw  a recipe in an old magazine for brownies with port-soaked cherries  I made it for a meeting and threw the recipe away.  Later I was asked for the recipe, so today seemed a [...]

Swiss Christmas

Christmas at our house always means going back to the best parts of Grandpa Scheller’s Swiss roots–gooey cheese fondue, comforting chocolate drinks and thin lemon bratzeli cookies.  We also  tolerate the family yodeling and cow bells ringing on our doors.  Through the years we’ve experimented with lots of cheese fondue recipes and finally perfected it to our [...]

Molasses-Pumpkin Ice Cream Sandwiches

Fall brings a craving for what I like to call “cozy spices” (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves) and, of course, all things pumpkin.  We’ve perfected a decades old family recipe for Molasses Cookies that’s spicy, super chewy and has no butter.  That makes it virtually a health food according to our Nana.   We also love pumpkin ice [...]

Chocolate Kaluha Cheesecake

We make this recipe all the time and receive rave reviews.  Most recently, we gave out samples and recipe cards at The Portland Women’s Show and people wanted to know where they could buy it.  For those of you who didn’t get a recipe card at the show, here’s the recipe – enjoy!!

Chocolate [...]

Recipe: Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprints

I like Martha Stewart.  I was thumbing through her Entertaining cookbook from 1982 and its really amazing how ahead of her time she was.  Each chapter offers tips, recipes and guidance for a different type of party, from Cocktails for 25 different tastes to a holiday party for 50 to how to make a gingerbread [...]

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