Henry Street Garden French Apple Pie

Each fall the DH and I spend a day in the country picking apples at one of the many orchards that dot the Hudson Valley. But not this year. ...

Fourth of July Cake -- Washington Pie

An Independence Day dessert recipe, named for our first president, and so good, it deserves reposting!  I wanted to make a July 4th dessert ...

And the Winning Cakes Are....

It seems like ancient history, but just a few weeks ago Henry Street Settlement hosted "Party Like It's 1899," a big block par...

Perfect Passover Sponge Cake

I've achieved sponge cake nirvana.  This is a light and moist sponge cake -- so delicious that you won't even notice the lack of but...

Poverty Cake (And Jews Without Money)

Working at Henry Street Settlement , a social service agency founded in 1893 to fight the social causes of poverty, I tend to think about po...