~ buckingham palace shortbread with flower blossoms ~ fit for a queen… 2 cups unsalted butter at room temperature 2/3 cup granulated sugar 4 cups pastry flour 1 and 1/3 cups cornstarch edible flowers egg whites superfine sugar In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. In a medium bowl, stir the…
~ cheesy chicken “nacho” stuffed peppers ~ Did your mom ever make stuffed peppers? I remember when we had them. They were always green and stuffed with what was basically hamburger hot dish and topped with ketchup. Sometimes I crave them, and the smell of the peppers baking in the oven brings back memories of…
seeing :: some of my vintage table linens drying in the breeze on my new clothesline that the hubby installed for me. Thanks hubby! …pickles, sauces, jams, syrups, preserves, baked goods, bison, honey, produce and even some baby goats as we perused the stalls at the Red Wing Farmer’s Market… the gorgeous hanging flower baskets…
~ papa’s picnic potato salad ~ Wow! Yesterday I asked my readers on facebook if they like their potato salad with or without mustard, and the responses started pouring in! I knew people were passionate about this, but I had no idea they cared that much. I promised to post my favorite recipe for potato…
~ drops of jupiter petite sirah ~ Did you know the boys in Train (the band) are also wine makers? I didn’t until last weekend! We came across this wine while perusing the aisles of the wine shop…looking for something new…and there it was! From the Save Me San Francisco Wine Company. Who knew? Go…
~ basil peach bellini chicken ~ A few days ago I asked my facebook readers if they would share their favorite chicken recipes with me and I got a lot of great responses. We have chicken a couple times a week, and I’m always looking for new ways to prepare it. THIS lovely book is…
~ champagne & tarragon blackberries ~ A ridiculously easy and wonderfully elegant dessert. The flavor combination is truly sensational. Hold on to your hat! I got the idea for this dessert out of one of my favorite cookbooks, Kitchen Express, by Mark Bittman. I’ll definitely be serving this at our next dinner party. 1 quart…
~ grilled salmon BLT ~ There’s just something about a BLT in the summer, wouldn’t you agree? We usually make them “wrap” style…or breakfast style…and it got me thinking about one I had tried at a restaurant when we were on vacation in Florida a few years ago. It was served on a crusty, chewy…
~ flower and radish tea sandwiches with wasabi lemon mayonnaise ~ Ready to make these pretty tea sandwiches? Your guests will ooh and ahh over these. They’re delicious, easy to prepare and are so beautiful on a tiered sandwich tray. I love to make flower and radish sammys in the spring and summer when I…
~ seven flower puerh ~ “When you buy this puerh tea, you receive four different puerh squares (approximately 3-5 grams each-perfect for an individual cup or small pot). While the same high grade puerh (shu or cooked puerh) is used throughout; each square has different additional ingredients: either jasmine, rose, carnation, naturtium (tropaeolum), forget-me-not (myosotis),…