Animal Crackers By: Christopher Morley Animal crackers and cocoa to drink, That is the finest of suppers, I think; When I’m grown up and can have what I please I think I shall always insist upon these. What do you choose when you’re offered a treat? When Mother says, “What would you like best to…
“This was Venice, the flattering and suspect beauty – this city, half fairy tale and half tourist trap, in whose insalubrious air the arts once rankly and voluptuously blossomed, where composers have been inspired to lulling tones of somniferous eroticism.” ~Thomas Mann Death in Venice I’ve been researchig Venice for the last 2+ years for…
This is a great sandwich to serve with tea at a girlfriends’ lunch this time of year. Almost everyone seems to love the combination of flavors, and I’m always asked to write down the recipe. ~Thanksgiving Wrap~ (serves 6) 6 large, plain or flavored sandwich wraps 8 oz cream cheese, softened (you can use light…
Vaffelhjerter are Scandinavian heart shaped waffles made with a special waffle iron. I made these for Jeff on the morning of his birthday and served them with real Scandinavian lingonberry preserves and a side of turkey bacon. They turned out so delicious! I purchased the lingonberry preserves at Ingebretsen’s in Stockholm Wisconsin…the pretty little waffle…
“She gazed at the sea, trying to decide how, if she were Papa, she would endeavour to paint it. For, although it was blue, it was a blue made up of a thousand different hues. Over sand, shallow and translucent, it was jade green, streaked with aquamarine. Over rocks and seaweed, it darkened to indigo.…
“The best kind of rain, of course, is a cozy rain. this is the kind the anonymous medieval poet makes me remember. The rain that falls on a day when you’d just as soon stay in bed a little longer, write letters, or read a good book by the fire, take early tea with hot…
“Some dishes are of such indisputable excellence that their appearance alone is capable of arousing a level-headed man’s degustatory powers. All those who, when presented with such a dish, show neither the rush of desire, nor the radiance of ecstasy, may justly be deemed unworthy of the honors of the sitting, and its related delights.” ~Jean-Anthelme…
Here is my simple, delicious recipe for chocolate chip banana bread. I like to make mini loaves of this bread for hostess gifts or to add to Holiday gift baskets. Another idea: Wrap a half dozen of these in plastic wrap and then wrap in a tea towel. Tie closed with a pretty ribbon. Place…
“Life begins each morning…Each morning is the open door to a new world- New vistas, new aims.” ~Leigh Hodges I started making this puffy breakfast pancake when Jeff and I were first married. Since then Jeff has probably made more of them then I have, and he’s gotten really good at it. The perfect weekend…
“If heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovelier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden tea?” Frank McCourt, ‘Angela’s Ashes’ (1996) This is a recipe I developed using a very old bread recipe as a…