I grew up on a ranch in California where we had an orchard of apricot trees. When July rolled around Mom would send us down to pick a pail of tree-ripe fruit we used in salads and many desserts. Sadly you have probably never had an apricot that tasted that good, because the ones in the market are picked long before the sugars have done their thing.

My favorite use of these lovelies was baked into a cobbler. Baked with the fresh fruit was the best, of course, loaded with sugar, cinimmon and other spices under a single top crust. But even out of season, we baked up the cobbler using a full quart of canned 'cots.

Here is a 10 minute cobbler that I make as a poor substitute when I get homesick. This will seem pretty good to YOU, because you never tasted my Mom's fresh apricot cobbler.

Refreshment for morning, noon and night:

Fresh Orange Juice and Ginger Beer. It absolutely can't be a wimpy Canada Dry ginger ale, use a Jamacan ginger beer that knocks your socks off!

Alcohol? Why ruin the sugar buzz?

Sometimes you need a quick chocolate fix and it is way too late to bake brownies.

Other times you are just wondering what to do with those left-over tortillas from taco night.

Here is a quick and easy recipe for a hot and gooey delicious chocolate snack that takes less than 5 minutes to make.

Bring your dates home for dessert and really impress 'em with this one. You can lick the chocolate off each others fingers...