Cooking, Creating, and Everything in Between
I have always loved pecans. And toasted pecans? Gahhh. A revelation. There is something so deliciously earthy and fallish about them. So when you make homemade Pecan Sandies (tell yourself it’s really because you have to try out a Christmas…
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This Easter Blessings segment was brought to you as a collaboration between Jill from Argyle Cottage, The Handmade Table, and yours truly. 🙂 Easter Blessings I still remember the magic of a childhood Easter. The day started with church– new…
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Yum Cinnamon Roll Pound Cake? Did I hear you correctly? Yesssss. We have a little electric company leaflet that gets handed out each month in our neighborhood, and in it they feature favorite reader recipes. I added a little breakfast…
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Yum Ah, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I start to think about you, with your glorious, toasted pecans, when the winter starts to get long. I dream of spring– of that delicious new green that seems to happen when…
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Yum On a recent trip to Cracker Barrel, I saw a new item on their menu– the Cinnamon Roll Biscuit. Intrigued, I ordered one. It was divine– light and flaky, with swirls of cinnamon sugar and these amazing little pockets…
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Yum My Mom always made Cornish Game Hens for Christmas Eve dinner. I remember how exciting it was when each of us had our own tiny chicken on the plate, for us to carve apart and eat without sharing with…
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Yum There are few meals more impressive than a Garlic Roasted Rack of Lamb. The presentation, whether done in a crown or just a rack carved into chops at the table, is exquisite. Lamb is a beautiful, subtle meat with…
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Yum It’s a tradition almost as old as Christmas– making classic Hershey’s Kiss Christmas cookies, AKA Peanut Blossoms. I can remember even as a child helping to make these cookies with my Mom in the kitchen– and feeling so important…
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Yum There is a very teeny window each year for one of my favorite fruits– the blissfully tart cranberry. I go crazy for cranberry while these little ruby gems are in season, and then I always buy plenty to freeze…
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Yum Hot Cross Buns have long been an Easter tradition in my family. We always had these sweet, slightly spicy little buns nestled into a basket on the holiday table. Tradition says that in the old days (NO, my childhood…
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