Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
Have you ever tried mint chocolate chip ice cream made with fresh mint? It all started when the store was out of EVERYTHING because of the COVID-19 panic. We were stranded together like cats in a sack, and the store…
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Cookies at the Kitchen Table When my great grandmother was upset she would always make bread dough. My grandmother told me that “even if it was evening and she didn’t need bread until morning she would go out there and…
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Someone asked me the other day to make Coffee Rum French Macarons. “Wait. There is coffee flavored rum?” said I. “Yes and it would be great in French macarons,” said she. And she was right. What are we waiting for? …
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Cake for Lunch There were lots of big, strong, strapping men around on my grandparents’ dairy farm– boys with fingers as thick as sausages, from handling the farm work. I was quiet and liked to read, but I wasn’t…
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Ahhh, fair Andes mints– the mint candy that converted me to “Mint-ism” in the first place. With their soft, creamy, creme de menthe flavor, combined with delicious milk chocolate, there is really nothing not to love about these little green…
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Once I had a turquoise tea– It seemed the perfect color, to me. And Turquoise Tea Cookies I made to share, So please sit down. Your seat’s right there. What are we waiting for? Let’s do this! Turquoise Tea…
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When Life Gives You Lemons When I first started food blogging, I knew nothing about food photography. Not a darned thing. Wait did you say I STILL know nothing about food photography? Aww that’s not nice. Meanie. haha. *throat clearing* …
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Wait. Camo cookies? No. CAMEO cookies. You know– those necklaces or brooches with the pretty little pink ovals with the lady’s face inside? The one your grandma wore to church on Sunday? Yes. These are the beautiful antique cameos of…
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Blue is my favorite color. Psychology says that people who choose blue as a favorite color tend to be very detail oriented. They can juggle many things at once. They tend to be perfectionists. They get frustrated easily at themselves. …
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Teacups and Kitchen Tables For as long as I can remember, I have loved teacups. I’m not really sure where that love began– it’s like looking at your high school sweetheart years later and wondering when that love began. You…
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