Best Picture Nominee Drink #1: Lincoln
The countdown to The Oscars has begun. I’m bringing you a different drink inspired by a Best Picture Nominee every day until then. Today I honor Lincoln with an Old Fashioned with Apple.
Read More...New Year’s Eve Cheese Straws
As promised, I’m bringing you the low-down on the savory-sweet dessert feast from Tasha DeSerio‘s Sweet Sparklers found in the Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue of Fine Cooking magazine. All of the recipes are online so if you don’t have the mag (so sad since it’s always so good) find everything you need here (click on [...]
Read More...“It’s just like apple juice but warm and…ummm…BETTER!”
I made this apple cider for our first Canadian Thanksgiving in the US as well as for our first American Thanksgiving. Read the stories here. As our Thanksgiving dinner guests arrive, we head out to the backyard for pre-dinner snacks and numbingly spiced hot apple cider. The cider stays warm in a crock-pot set on [...]
Read More...Thanksgiving Stories
We moved from Canada to Florida nearly two years ago. Last year around this time I wrote the piece found below. The phrase “It IS Thanksgiving Here” is in response to an episode of the podcast Cast On. Cast On is meant to be listened to while knitting (or crocheting or spinning). But this particular [...]
Read More...Butternut Squash, Roasted Apple and Goats’ Cheese Dip
This is the dip that I rebelliously served to my girlfriends at our most recent girls’ night in. It’s crazy-simple and crazy-good with a hummussy smoothness and a sweet tanginess. Serve it in a bowl along side some fresh slices of baguette or spread some on toasted slices rubbed lightly with the cut side of [...]
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