Paris
Paris “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” — Ernest Hemingway When we…
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Blue Cornflower Macarons
The first thing I did when I got back from my dream England vacation was make these Blue Cornflower Macarons. There are multiple reasons I did this . . . I had just gone to Paris and tasted the finest macarons…
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England
England Now comes the part of my journey (after first heading to Ireland, and then to Scotland) where I get to say . . . I MADE IT TO ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *confetti guns going off* *uproarious cheers from the crowd* *Champagne…
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Scotland
Scotland After our trip to Ireland we climbed aboard the Irish Airline, Aer Lingus– green airplanes (of course!) with a dashing little clover on the tail. Our redheaded flight attendants walked up and down the rows while we gazed out the…
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Ireland
Ireland Well, I have finally taken my trip of a lifetime to the UK (and sundries), and it started out innocently enough. If you remember how I started my blog, you know that it was originally begun in a madcap…
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Cookies for England
Cookies for England “Up where the smoke is all billered and curled ‘Tween pavement and stars is the chimney sweep world. When there’s hardly no day, nor hardly no night– There’s things half in shadow and halfway in light.” …
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Roast Chicken with Cherry Walnut Stuffing
Yum There are few things more comforting than Roast Chicken. The smell of it wafting through the air on a Sunday after church is enough to take you right back to childhood and Grandma’s kitchen. And when you combine it…
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Zucchini Tea Cake
Yum My dream trip to England is coming up in just about a month! I can’t wait. Like, seriously– I lie awake at night thinking about it– it brings whole new meaning to the phrase “lie back and think of…
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Herb Grilled Chicken
Yum I use my oven as little as possible, in the summer. Herb Grilled Chicken is a quick and easy way to enjoy the outdoors and keep the heat from cooking outdoors, as well. The ridiculously delicious, crispy skin and…
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Dawn
Dawn I can still remember as vividly as if it were yesterday the day my parents dropped me off at college in South Carolina, after a long trip from Pennsylvania. They helped me move into my dorm room, make my…
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