Double Chocolate Zucchini Breads
This delicious recipe makes two loaves or one 9 x 13-inch baking pan. The zucchini adds so much moisture to this recipe! In a large bowl of… Read More »
Brandied Truffles
Oh, how we love these truffles! The Hershey Kiss found inside of each confection and the addition of good brandy adds just the right surprise to these holiday… Read More »
One of Fisher’s 5 Cent Cakes: The Chocolate Cake Roll
This is one of those posts that are, well, just plain special! After finding a place in my heart, my dear friend and neighbor, Karlie, found herself in… Read More »
Chocolate Chess Pie
Chess Pie, the quintessential southern dessert or is it? No one really knows where the name “chess pie’” came from, but some say that years ago gentlemen were… Read More »
Romantic Dinner for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to make your significant other feel special. Why not treat him/her to an especially, thoughtful romantic dinner? Menu for Two: Pepper Crusted… Read More »
Lisa’s Hershey Bar Cake
Many thanks to my friend and one of WRAL’s Local Dish hosts, Lisa Prince, for sharing this fantastic recipe with all of us! Lisa made this cake for… Read More »
Brandy Truffles
8 ounces of semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate (high quality, 62% cacao or higher), well chopped into small pieces 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream 1 tbsp. brandy 1… Read More »
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars
Tracy Covell, my good old friend from Poughkeepsie, New York, and I loved a lot of the same things. We loved our family, our friends, the outdoors,… Read More »
Day Fourteen Decadent Chocolate Cheese Ball
I love to serve this delicious snack at my Christmas gatherings or give as a gift. It looks so pretty laid in a Christmas tin lined with parchment… Read More »
Chocolate Christmas Crinkles
These cookies are so delicious and pretty. They just scream Christmas time! Serve to guests, share with someone you love, someone you don’t know or just enjoy with… Read More »
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Don’t these look terrific? They taste even better! My dear friend, Anne Ciraulo, originally shared this wonderful recipe with me years ago. Anne taught our boys piano for… Read More »
Gluten Free Chocolate Mousse
I’d like to tell you that I loved Charles Shultz and Peanuts, as a child, and I had large books filled with comic strips and I loved watching… Read More »
Hello, I’m Elise Johnson and I’m so glad you found your way here! From my own experience, cooking and eating together as a family nurtures and strengthens family relationships quicker and stronger than any other way. Join me as I continue my grandmother’s legacy of
inter-generational cooking by inspiring families and friends to make memories in the kitchen. 