Once you have tasted it, you’ll find it irresistible.

Once you have eaten a homemade one, you will never want to eat one from the frozen food section of your grocery store ever again.

I thought it was about time to come up with a recipe for dog biscuits with ingredients that they love and share them.

Bean salad ready to serve. (Photo by Patty Schied) By Patty Schied With this lovely weather we've been having, this recipe is great for impromptu picnics. No cooking is required and ingredients are available in most kitchens. It only takes minutes to prepare. Although this recipe uses canned white beans, go ahead and use whatever canned beans you have in your cupboard. What makes it tasty is the garlicky lemon dressing and herbs. It can be made minutes before your outing or t

Prep for salmon croquettes. (By Patty Schied) By Patty Schied When I was growing up in Juneau, salmon were very plentiful. My father would go fishing nearly every weekend and bring home fish, selling what we couldn’t eat to local buyers. My mother would broil king salmon steaks for each of us. My father would then fling the huge steaks, about a pound and a half apiece, onto each of our plates. We would eat what we could, usually the bellies, and put the remainder on a platter

Which is better? Peach dessert by Patty Schied By Patty Schied What could be better this time of year than eating homemade fresh peach ice cream or gelato? I have wondered for a while which one is better, so I decided to make both and have a taste test. For these recipes you need an ice cream maker, alas, without one you won’t be able to make them. Fortunately, there are many ice cream makers for sale, some very deluxe and others inexpensive but still easy to use. If you lik