This is a guest post from Kirbie's Cravings.

I don’t know why, but just the name hot milk made this cake sound so appealing to me. Images floated in my head of a simple, soft and delicious sponge cake.

I tried making a hot milk sponge cake once before. I was disappointed with the result. It looked so beautiful but it tasted dry and not at all like I imagined.


This recipe seemed promising so I tried again. I was a little sloppy making it so my cake didn’t bake up as pretty as I wanted, but it tasted as wonderful as I imagined. I won’t share how much of the cake I ate myself in one sitting. I’ll just let you know it was a lot… More Here...

This is a guest post from ChowTimes.

In this South Arm Seniors Kitchen, Colleen introduced yet another new ingredient for dessert.


The dessert is Baked Plantains. Plantains cannot be consumed raw. They are used for cooking. When buying plantains, look for those with darkened skin, which indicate that it's ripeness. Colleen had a hard time finding ripe plantain when she went grocery shopping for the kitchen. More Here...

A while back I wrote about my top “fast food” restaurants that were a smarter choice than McDonald's. I chose Five Guys Burgers and Fries, not because their burgers are healthy, but because they use better quality ingredients than Burger King. I also chose Panera Bread because they pride themselves on a wide variety of fast, healthy choices in addition to offering tasty pastries. For this post, all of that goes out the window and I am going to share with you my top 5 completely and totally unhealthy fast food restaurants picks. Sure, some of these places offer grilled chicken and salads, but when I do go, that is not what I get!

I cannot remember the last time I did dine at a fast food restaurant for unhealthy food, but these are the places I would go when I was less of a health nut. More Here...

In Chinese culture tea is not just a beverage, it’s a way of life. Through the ages it has been an integral part of Chinese culture and it is found woven throughout the people’s philosophy and spiritual beliefs. The Chinese Tea Ceremony is an intricate celebration of the drink and all it represents.

The Significance of Tea

In China, serving and drinking tea has been elevated into an art. More Here...

Over the last two years my childhood preference for Swiss Cake Rolls has grown into an obsession with pumpkin rolls. Although, I only eat the treat around Christmas time, just writing about it now is making me hungry. More Here...