I’m rolling out fragrant, gingery, cinnamony, lemony Pepperkakor dough and mixing up dough for my maple cranberry cookies while watching Holiday Inn on the little DVD player in the kitchen. That little machine gets more use during the two-or-so weeks before Christmas than it does any other time of year. I watched Christmas in Connecticut…
I finally finished decorating for Christmas. Well, sort of…I still have to go out and get a couple more packs of tinsel, and we have to set up the electric train under the tree…but then I’ll be done. I find that every year the decorating gets more and more organic and simple. I have SO…
I have three bags of chicken and turkey bones in the freezer so I’m making another pot of soup. This time, chicken noodle with the wide, yummy egg noodles. Jeff and Gracie demolished the last batch. I forgot to get carrots when we were at the grocery store yesterday, so I’m bundling up and walking…
Happy Friday! Here’s an elegant appetizer for your next gathering. Steamed artichokes are so easy and delicious. Perfect served with drawn garlic butter and a glass of Pinot Grigio. Jeff and I had some for lunch in front of the fireplace a few days ago. Romance! whole, fresh artichokes sea salt butter garlic Wash artichokes.…
This easy spiced ham is a real hit on Easter as well as Christmas and other holiday get-togethers. Back in 2012 when I posted this recipe, we were preparing for Christmas. I’m working on a few Christmas projects, cooking a cozy pot of chicken soup with sage dumplings, baking bread and doing some editing today…
Sipping a glass of Chianti while listening to Dino croon Christmas songs over the little speakers in the kitchen…steam rises from a colander of pasta in the sink… the pungent, seductive scent of oven roasted garlic mingles with that of mushrooms, onions and peppers sauteed in butter… Think you’ve had goulash? This isn’t your Mama’s…
I took a little break today so I could make a special scone recipe for teatime. Jeff and Gracie recently discovered their love for Biscoff spread. They’ve been scooping it out of the jar and eating it by the spoonful…melting it and pouring it over ice cream… I had to hide the rest of the…
Are you all enjoying the beginning of the Christmas season so far? I love this time of year. I love homemade scarves and mittens, ice skating and sledding, making maple ice cream out of freshly fallen snow and real maple syrup, sharing a pot of tea in front of the fireplace with the cute hubby,…
Happy Friday! How was your week? Mine flew by. Between the writing and cooking and photographing and the decorating… I’ve had one of those weeks where there were several instances that I got so absorbed in what I was doing, when I finally looked up at the clock it didn’t seem that four or five…
I’ve had the house to myself today. A quiet house is such a nice place to just be. I listened to Norah Jones, Zooey Dechanel, M. Ward, Willie Nelson, Bing, Frank, Nat and Ella serenade me with Christmas carols as I began decorating the house for Christmas. I’m taking it slow this year. One room…