This bread should really just be called “Vermont Bread”. Because, when I think of maple syrup I think of my friend Meghan and her family’s house in Vermont. I also think of this picture I once saw of her dad eating a hot dog that he boiled in the maple syrup he was making from…
The last chapter in our Downton premiere menu is fittingly … dessert. Just to recap the PREMIERE episode meal, we started off with some gougeres as an appetizer then cut ourselves a slice of sausage and kale dinner tart. And because the dinner tart called for white wine, we also drank some white wine. Our…
Guys, I saw this recipe and practically fell in love. Like I normally do when I see a hot cup of coffee in an adorable old mug. Not a new mug, but an old mug. It is simple and a kind of a bit rustic. Kale makes me feel rustic, except I guess in this…
And… we are back to Downton Abbey season! I feel oddly cautious about burning myself out like I did last year. A three course meal is a fair bit of work for each Sunday evening – obviously, it’s not terrible work … but work none the less. There were some great hits last year. Kerrianne…
It’s that time of year when everyone is writing about what they’d like to do/change in 2014. The odds are that I’ll do that as well. I did last year. But one of the posts that I read this week said she vowed to spend more time outside because you are rarely going to regret…
A few days before Christmas I lost my skillet in my one-time stint as a firefighter against a rogue candle. The skillet had led good life of 8 years, 3 apartments and as evidenced by this blog… a healthy bit of use… so it seemed like a worthwhile lifespan for a skillet I bought from…
Christmas is by far one of my favorite seasons of the year. Sometimes I’m surprised by that fact since I might just give up bacon if I got to live in the sweet spot of May to September year-round. As a family, we’ve been known to keep our trees up perhaps way longer than deemed…
Before you toss out the last of the eggnog from your refrigerator, I should tell you how I made eggnog cinnamon rolls for Christmas this year. The chance is pretty strong you’ve either already drunk it … or tossed it … but if I don’t write about the recipe it feels like it never happened.…
There is this really interesting balance that comes with “going home for the holidays” when everyone is home. It’s amazing and relaxing … and an adjustment. It’s probably a weird intricacy of getting older and having routines. I’m used to spending my Sundays quietly drinking coffee and watching CBS Sunday Morning – as opposed to…
I’m a sucker for a reason to make a meal… and I love when the reason comes with a kickstart for what to eat. It’s part of the reason we ended up with all those multi-course meals for Downton Abbey last year. If I’m doing some slightly more adventurous cooking, it tends to be on…
