As you all know it’s peach season, and for me, peaches always meant fruit salad, tarts, pies, cakes and maybe even ice cream. But recently I realized I was limiting myself. I mean, I love adding sweet things to savory…
Read moreLooking back on my recent cocktail posts (excluding the specialized holiday ones), I was surprised to discover a lot of them were gin drinks. It seemed odd to me, especially since I’m a vodka girl. But when I thought about…
Read moreI love this time of year. Not only can I finally pull my tank tops and shorts out of their drawers, but with the beach just a few blocks away, swimming has become my family’s national pastime. But this warm…
Read moreI’m sure you’re wondering what Fish House Punch has to do with the 4th of July. Well, believe it or not our forefathers created and drank this punch in the 1730’s. The story goes that a group of men built…
Read moreI love magazines. As you know there have been plenty of recipes I’ve posted that have come from the torn-out pages of many a cooking magazine. While my far and away favorite is Fine Cooking, I’m also a huge fan…
Read moreI’ve been eating Cheerios pretty much since I was born. But way back then (age doesn’t really matter, right) all that was available was the plain, whole grain Cheerios in the big yellow box. Since I started eating them, however…
Read moreNormally I do one cocktail on Fridays. But today when I was trying to decide what to mix up, I had an interesting conversation with Hubs: Me: Will you drink a Gimlet if I make it for the blog? Hubs:…
Read moreI’m a huge Billy Joel fan. I’ve been listening to him since I was a kid and his Innocent Man album was released. That album along with his single, Uptown Girl, got me into Billy Joel. No, it wasn’t Piano…
Read moreAs you all know I’m a big fan of rhubarb. I wait for it to appear all year and when it finally does I cook up a storm with it. While I enjoy making sweet things like muffins or parfaits,…
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