With the official start of summer still two weeks away, I feel as though I had a head start on the upcoming vacation season with a couple trips I took during the month of May.  Now, I am headed home … Continue reading →

I have been enjoying the sweetest of days.  My niece’s Bat Mitzvah gathered family in beautiful bucolic Sonoma County, California – a place that stole a piece of my soul many years ago.  A second niece celebrated the pivotal milestone … Continue reading →

I was betwixt and between, one foot lingering in San Francisco, while the other was inching its way back into my kitchen some 350 miles away.  I attended a conference in the City by the Bay this past week,  and as I sat taking … Continue reading →

How lucky am I?  I have been writing this blog for just over a year and in that time I have had the great fortune of baking for my blog with three of my lovely nieces.  Grace came all the … Continue reading →

My heart swells with gratitude as Sifting Focus turns “1″.  You, my readers, have offered up such kind words of encouragement during this past year.   Your thoughtful comments make the sharing of this personal baking journal all the more … Continue reading →