Rosebud Tea Cakes
May flowers are finally here! It is such a joy to see them coming into the local nurseries. My favorite local nursery knows my face well as I fairly haunt…
May flowers are finally here! It is such a joy to see them coming into the local nurseries. My favorite local nursery knows my face well as I fairly haunt…
Today’s recipe takes us back to the 1920’s Ritz Carlton Hotel for an amazing Lemon Poundcake they were noted for. Vintage recipes are always fun especially because cooking was simpler…
Thumbing through an old Victoria magazine I saw this cracker recipe I had been meaning to try (along with a lot of other recipes). This time, however, I earmarked the…
My kids are grown up and on their own, and I still dye Easter eggs. Is that strange? Not that it matters because I will keep doing it anyway. Easter…
Vintage Cream Cheese Butter Mints. February 28, 2022. Remember those soft, melt-in-your mouth cream cheese butter mints that were served once upon a time at weddings, parties, and showers? Those…
Even a taco salad can use an upgrade once in a while. Especially when you are trying to encourage your husband to eat less meat. No, we are not vegetarian,…
Chocolate is in our lifeblood. The simple and humble bar of chocolate has evolved into a whole industry with a dizzying array of flavors, types, forms, uses, and so much…
One of my favorite drinks is club soda with a generous squeeze of lime. It is so crisp and refreshing- especially in the summer. When the weather gets hot it…
The fierce gorge winds visit regularly at Hidden Bluff. On those days I prefer to be inside listening to the howling as opposed to being out in it. It is…
Christmas shopping at the last minute with kids in tow means careful planning- if you want to get much done that is. This is something I learned with my own…