So much

Summer into autumn. No way I can narrate it all; the pics will have to do.

... and thus August ended.

And now it's football season...

And the season of meetings... and baking for meetings...

Sometimes, though, autumn also means a special trip.... like the one my sister and I took to Mackinac Island.... here's the view from The Iroquois Hotel... and the very lovely breakfast....

Back home, it was pleasure to make dinner for my friend Rosemary... love this gnocchi with pomodoro sauce...

And what's dinner without dessert?

And now autumn is for real... as these pics show...

Autumn... I like it fine. You too?

I like the desert,

morning and night.

But, also, being home. Cooking at home.

These zucchini are from my friend Tim.

Party for poets, etc

Per usual, the grad poets came to my house for dinner to celebrate the end of the semester. Here's what we ate!

In other news, I got an exciting shipment from King Arthur Flour....

And here are some recent meals... nothing too exciting... but yummy, I think....

The KAF goodies let me bake a bread very similar to the delicious Cheesecake Factory dark loaf...

Finally, look at these beauties....

Time lapse

Well, sure.

Here are some of the highlights.

Might as well begin with dessert. A sturdy and delicious bundt cake I made...

And some very fancy desserts that I did not...

These lovelies were part of the brunch at The Whitney, in Detroit. The heart (on the right) was amazing.

Back home, the new favorite bread is white whole wheat honey. The recipe is from Emile Henry.

And Irish soda bread, an old favorite.

These lemon cakes didn't photograph particularly well, but oh well. KAF recipe.

Lots of trips to Michigan, per usual. Here's a pic of the new hockey arena, in progress. Big news in Hockeytown. I'm a fan from way back.

And here's a very lovely restaurant, 220 Merrill, in Birmingham, Michigan, where one of my sisters and I went for a late lunch...

Back home again.... soba noodles... black beans... lots of veggies...

This fancy food happened in LA. A darling loaf of bread, at Ford's Filling Station (Marriott at LA LIVE)...

 And Sprinkles cupcakes for an MFA party...

But it's best to be home. To eat real food. 

And sometimes pleasant things arrive in the mail... like these goodies from Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor, Michigan....

And then Spring does arrive... Summer, even, it's so warm suddenly. These ranunculus agree....

And finally here's Miss Kitty's commentary....

Thank you, Kitty.