Celebrating Life Around The Table
Did you think I had abandoned ship? It has been quite the month and not necessarily in a good way. I worked 24 days straight in preparation for a huge event at my day job and then a family member got very sick. In those moments nothing else really matters. Even in the midst of [...]
Easter is coming up so my niece and I decided to make these cute Nutella egg nests. Being an aunt is such a blessing. I am reminded of that each weekend when we hang out together. The boys have long outgrown cooking, but still welcome being taste testers and critics! A few weeks ago they [...]
Mad Men is back this week! Is anyone having a Mad Men party? I should have some crazy retro recipe but instead I have these luscious and light Honey Grapefruit Cupcakes with Honey Buttercream. Remember the honey from my niece’s birthday party? Well, I thought I would bake something with it. I love this honey. [...]
It’s Friday, always a time to celebrate right? How about a warm cup of hot Cake Batter White Chocolate Cocoa. It seems cake batter anything tastes great these days. It just hit me the other day that I still have most of a bottle of UV Cake Vodka sitting in my cupboard. My mind started [...]
UPDATE – Contest extended until Friday, March 9. For many of my readers the thought of popsicles this early might seem crazy but here it’s was 80 degrees this week. I thought I’d tease you with a hint of what is to come as we get closer to spring. These are Strawberry Honey Popsicles that [...]
When I first started this blog I joined Tuesdays with Dorie, a weekly baking group. I participated for while but then my day job made it hard to do on a weekly basis. I loved Dorie’s book and trying recipes I never would have tried. Recently I saw that they were know starting Baking with [...]
What happens when you marry two food favorites? In my case you get Red Velvet Popovers. My love affair with popovers started as a child at Buffum’s department store. I was inspired by Joy’s Hot Chocolate popovers and thought why not Red Velvet? These could make someone swoon on Valentine’s Day. Hot out of the [...]
Last weekend Olivia, my dear niece, celebrated her 8th birthday in Cowgirl Style. Her grandpa has horses, chickens and bees at house. What more do you need to celebrate? These cute hats became the starting point for colors. I created party printable using green checked paper with pink and black accents. The girls descended on [...]
Saturday afternoon my niece and I set out for a cooking adventures with my Aunt Ginny. We were going to learn how to make Fattigman cookies, a norwegian cookie that my Nana Thorsen used to make every Christmas. My great grandmother came through Ellis Island when on her way from Norway to America in the [...]
Today is the first of a mini series on sharing Christmas cookie traditions. Trina, from the Dairy Council of California is sharing a tradition she and her boys have, cooking Pizzelles. Aren’t they adorable? These would be great for a Cookie Exchange. Paging through colorful cookie cookbooks is a December ritual that motivates my boys [...]
