Macaron Lady
Macaron Lady It was just a regular day when I got “the call.” The call of the wild? The call of the Canada goose? What call????? Don’t keep me in suspense here. Well, to begin with, it was a surprising…
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Author Archive: Emilie
I’ll Be There
I’ll Be There My dad and I didn’t always get along perfectly. We argued sometimes, just like any father and daughter will do. He scolded me for coming in late and went over my dates with a fine tooth comb….
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Chocolate Roll Cake
Chocolate Roll Cake It was a hot, muggy day in Virginia. Even the trees were too hot to stir. The air was thick and muggy– as if God had just stepped out of the shower and steamed up the whole…
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Beet Green Vinaigrette
Beet Greens are kind of like the little bonus crayons of the spring garden. They are one of the first greens to be able to stand up to the chilly spring evenings– and best of all, both the beet and…
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Sourdough Discard Pancakes
Sourdough starter is a beautiful thing. You care for it, warm it, feed it . . . rock it to sleep. Ok maybe not rock it to sleep. But you care for it. You care about it. And throwing away…
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San Francisco Sourdough Bread
There is just something about bread. Every culture makes it. Every home has it. Though it changes in color, shape, size, and even ingredients and preparation methods, it remains integrally the same: the food of comfort– the food of home….
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Drought
Drought I can still remember the drought. The weather in Pennsylvania was almost always fairly mild– I remember as a child the temperature seldom getting “up into the nineties.” The nights were cool, with refreshing breezes. The rains were regular,…
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I Wonder
I Wonder I wonder if someday, when we walk in the street Look up and see the sunshine– maybe talk to those we meet: Will we think how wondrous a thing it is When someone holds our hand, or…
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Lemon Lavender French Macarons
Lemon Lavender French Macarons put together all the best things about spring. They are fresh and bright, with a pop of fresh citrus and a kiss of floral loveliness. They are also deliciously gluten free and darned cute, too. I…
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Tiffany and Co. Flower Pots
What seems like a lifetime ago, when things were “normal” before COVID-19 quarantine, my kids and I planted seeds in little Jiffy seed starter greenhouses. We watered them carefully and watched them grow from tiny little sprouts to bushy, healthy…
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