When May comes around each year, there's only one thing on my husband's mind: Camping. By this time, most of the snow would have melted from the higher elevations and average daytime temperatures are in the mid-70ºF range. I had never gone camping until my husband took me for the first ... Read More
Welcoming the Ski Season with a Vegetable Soup Trio
If you live on the Eastern Seaboard I'm guessing your cold, blustery holiday looked (and felt) something like the white out conditions I had to endure during a certain ski trip years ago. I hope you managed to stay safe with family and friends and warm with a bit of egg nog, hot cocoa or perhaps ... Read More
A Brief Visit to the Windy City & Gorgonzola and Honey Toast
My apologies for neglecting you for almost a week. Life has a way of interfering with cooking and of course, writing all about it. However, my short absence was due to some quality time spent with good friends (and visiting a new city) so I was happy to put down the apron for a few days. I ... Read More
Curiosity (St. Paul de Vance, France)
I've always loved watching people. Barring more fun activities, I'm usually happy to sit in a hotel lobby or at an airport terminal imagining the lives of people who flit in and out of view as they go on about their busy lives. Where are they going? What are they like? Are they happy? When I ... Read More
Irish Brown Bread for a Wellies Kind of Day (and Ireland Snapshots)
It's been raining in my neck of the woods all day today, Mother Nature's declaration that summer is behind us. It's inevitable that on days like this, my mind wanders back to past visits to Ireland which claims part of my heritage, where some of our closest friends reside and where I feel ... Read More
On Missing France and Individual Apple Galettes
It's been almost three weeks since my visit to France and I'm missing it already. From Day 1 to the last, the experience was so much more enjoyable than I expected. Previous visits have always been a winter activity so I was very happy to finally set eyes on the beautiful city that is Paris and on ... Read More
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