tasting: more tomato jam on a blufftop picnic with my friend Clare… watermelon rind pickles minnesota montrachet with the aforementioned tomato jam… wine… and at the Cheesecake Factory with Jeff and Gracie… ahi carpaccio baja fish tacos pepperoni pizza fish ‘n chips mai tai… Reese’s Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake! more wine and Dove raspberry & dark…
The next morning Mrs. Welsch asked, “Wouldn’t you like to try a ham sandwich, or egg salad, or peanut butter?” Her mother looked quizzically at Harriet while the cook stood next to the table looking enraged. “Tomato,” said Harriet, not even bothering to look up from the book she was reading. ~from Harriet the Spy…
We were trying to figure out a good place to go to dinner last night where we could sit outside. There are a few places in Red Wing, but in the end we decided to pack a picnic and head to the riverside. We stopped at the market and picked up a rotisserie chicken, French…
Gracie made a big batch of “Dream Cookies” yesterday. This recipe was inspired by the amazingly beautiful blog Color Me Katie. We used our favorite sugar cookie recipe, added a little pure almond extract and a LOT of neon food coloring to the dough and buttercream frosting. (skip the part in the cookie recipe where…
Gypsy dinner is fun to put together and will help you use up a ton of those fresh garden veggies and herbs. Play romantic music while you work in the kitchen together and enjoy all the beautiful flavors and textures of these fragrant, colorful ingredients. We always make extra veggies and potatoes so we can…
ahhhhh….what a lovely at-home vacation it was…traveled to Cannon Falls for some live music, vino, antiquing and waterfall gazing…grilled some pizzas…saw THIS movie (which was awesome)…lounged around the house…started reading THIS book… had a yummy dinner at THIS restaurant…entertained my daughter’s cat (Doug)… and took a few hammock naps. I hope you’re all enjoying summer!…
Hello Lovelies! Per your request I have decided to post my thrift store score instead of my staycation day one post. I sooooo appreciate your awesome emails! Thanks again for the interest. Yesterday Gracie and I took a stroll uptown Red Wing and stopped in at Al’s Antique Mall…and Sally’s (otherwise known as the Salvation…
hearing ~ The Dalton Academy Warblers (glee) cd… and gaga’s Paparazzi as I (the tea paparazzo) gear up for another tearoom photo shoot on location tomorrow. So excited to be nearing completion on my second article. These magazine assignments have made the summer zip right on by, but it’s been worth it. What a great…
seeing :: art, boats, antiques, gardens, trains and mobs of people at the 39th annual Stockholm Art Fair feeling :: cool water and the balmy 90+ degree heat tasting :: organic fair food and one of my favorite salads for dinner ~ strawberries, spinach, chevre, candied pecans, grilled chicken and two different kinds of homemade…
~ southern hospitali-tea ~ This is one of the fruity, delicious teas we sampled at Heirlooms Tearoom in Hutchinson Minnesota while on location doing a magazine photo shoot. Audrey, the proprietress, paired this with delicious peach scones, raspberry preserves, lemon curd and clotted cream. This scented black tea is a blend or raspberry peach and…