I first learned about this sinfully sweet dessert many years ago from my mother-in-law. When I used to visit Marc in Montreal when we were first dating (long distance), his mom Pauline made us lots of wonderful dinners and with dinner there was always something for dessert. Pouding Chomeur, also known as "unemployment pudding" or "floating island" is a traditional Quebecois dessert which is made with cheap ingredients, hence the name "chomeur" which means "unemployed" in french. It bakes up as a vanilla white cake with a sticky brown sugar sauce underneath. I've veganized Pauline's recipe and I am posting it here to share. There are a myriad of chomeur recipes out there with different proportions of ingredients. This particular recipe I find has a higher cake to sauce ratio but I'm assuming you can double the sauce recipe if you prefer. I haven't actually tried that so I don't know what the result will be. You can always make extra sauce on the side and pour on each slice as you serve. Vegan Pouding Chomeur Sauce: 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup water 1 TB vegan margarine (I used Earth Balance) Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Set aside. Cake: 1 TB vegan margarine 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 4 tsp. baking powder 3/4 cup soymilk (or other non dairy milk) With a hand mixer or stand mixer, cream margarine and sugar together. Add vanilla and soymilk. Mix flour, baking powder together in a separate bowl. Add to the rest of the mixture and mix until combined. Pour batter into a greased medium sized glass baking dish. Pour the sauce that you set aside evenly over the top of the batter. It will be watery, don't worry. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes or until top is browned. As it bakes, the cake will rise to the top and the sauce will be underneath. You can see the sauce underneath the cake. To serve, cut a slice, place it face down on a plate and scoop some sauce on top!

This pajama is the ultimate relaxation wear. The graceful scallop design combined with a timeless silhouette and print makes it a work of art. Designed by Heidi, this pajama set features an all-over print of her favorite flower the Hydrangea. This classic pajama has a standard fit.  Product Details Hand block printed in Jaipur, India. 100%  soft lightweight cotton. Straight fit. Hydrangea print Features a spacious pocket on each side. Drawstring pants front with elastic back Handmade luxury, designed in California.   Product Story Hydrangeas are my favorite summer flower. As soon as I began designing floral prints, I knew that hydrangeas would be one of my first patterns. Growing up on the North Shore of Long Island, hydrangeas were always in the background of childhood summers. It wasn’t until I would later find them mid-bloom at my husband's home in the Hamptons, did I really understand the beauty of these flowers.  I met my husband in high school and began visiting him in East Hampton each summer after we met. His family lived in a rambling shingled house surrounded by elm trees, privet hedges, and beautiful blue hydrangeas. My mother-in-law had terrific style; she adored blue hydrangeas and had them planted throughout the backyard. Something about them struck me and stayed with me long after my visit. There’s something magical about the blue flowers of hydrangeas framed by the vibrant green grass of summer. This scene and its palette of colors are forever etched in my memory.  Hydrangeas’ soft shape is perfectly suited for the Indian block print process. The bulging flowers in white and blue can be carved into wood blocks and pressed on cotton by hand. Watching my hydrangea prints come to life, from the workshop in which they’re handcrafted by expert artisans to finished, form fitting products, has been a captivating experience.

Griselda Holzinger Lobell (1916- 2006) was born in Queens, New York into the world you read about in this book. It was a world that had as many horse-drawn carts in the street as cars and trucks. A world in which family members lived nearby. A world in which New York City schools were among the best in the world, and in which Griselda's Latin teacher, on figuring out who she was, could say to her, \"Your mother was one of the best students I ever had. I expect the same from you.\" Griselda lived in Queens; Washington, DC; Great Neck, Long Island; Manhattan; and Wilton, Connecticut. She was among the first women to attend Columbia Law School, worked in the New Deal, and was a mystery writer. This memoir describes her life up to the age of sixteen.