~ 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…
the sweet taste of summer ~ champagne & tarragon blackberries
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~ 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
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flower and radish tea sandwiches with wasabi lemon mayonnaise
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~ 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…
tea tasting notes ~ seven flower puerh
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~ 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),…