My grandfather was a tile setter and owned his own tile setting company. In the 1960′s, he hired a young high school boy to be his helper. My grandfather and his whole family, except for one of his daughters (who thought he was ugly and obnoxious), loved this boy. The young boy was smitten by … Continue reading »
Back in the day, my friend used to host a cookie exchange party every year. Everyone would bring about 40-50 cookies and the recipe printed out on an index card. Each person would get to take 2 of each type of cookie as well as the recipe for each cookie. It was an awesome party … Continue reading »
Chris loves carrot cake. He also loves a big bowl of clustery granola cereal in the morning. It was only a matter of time before I put the two together. Fresh, organic, flavor-packed carrots from our CSA really put this carrot cake granola over the edge. From the look of it, it looks like just … Continue reading »
I am not good with frosting or icing. There are two reasons for this: I am a perfectionist and I am not skilled enough yet to apply frosting in a perfectly even way. I have a habit of eating too much from the bowl and the spoon and making myself sick. With daffodils in a … Continue reading »
For Christmas, Chris and I were given a Tagine as part of an incredible gift basket. Our friends thought of everything- a vegan cookbook, a jar of couscous, orange olive oil, citrus herb salt, and this gorgeous Tagine. Dan and Melissa seriously took gift baskets to the next level (Thank you so much, Dan and … Continue reading »