The first time we had these we were staying with Jeff’s brother Mike and Mike’s wife Robin for a couple’s weekend. We were all newlyweds! Such great memories. Robin made these little lemon blueberry biscuits for part of our breakfast and ever since, I haven’t been able to go more than a few months without…
What a gorgeous day! We colored eggs… had a wonderful dinner with the princesses… went for a walk in the sun and saw all sorts of things budding and blooming barn bluff finally free of snow and a windmill that made the coolest sound as we passed by… Happy Easter! ~Melissa
~Seeing~ My friend Sara’s gorgeous recipe for Noah’s Soup from her beautiful book, In and Out of the Garden ~Hearing~ Royal Wood… Do You Recall Juliet ~Tasting~ Robin’s Lemon Blueberry Biscuits ~Feeling~ Sentimental about THIS PLACE ~Smelling~ lemons and garlic ~Knowing~ This is going to be a beautiful day. ~Melissa
Yesterday Jeff had a short business meeting in the cities and asked if Gracie and I would like to hang out somewhere while he was working. I had been wanting to visit the Avalon Tearoom & Pastry Shoppe (formerly the Buckingham Bee Tearoom where I worked while we lived in White Bear.) It had been…
photograph by Jeffrey Placzek This is rich, moist, molassasy cake with a spicy kick. ~Plum Street Gingerbread~ for the cake: 3/4 cup dark molasses 1 cup packed, dark brown sugar 1 stick butter 1/2 cup gingerale 2 Tablespoons grated fresh ginger root 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspon baking soda 1 teaspoon…