“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” – Anne Frank I love homemade crackers – the varieties of flours, additions of seeds and spice make the possibilities…
Month: August 2013
Good Day, friends
Happy Monday!
chocolate-peanut butter goodness
Make this cake – you, and the people you live, deserve it! enjoy -v
Mmmm, Nutella
Why would Italian (European) Nutella be any different than the stuff manufactured in the good ole USA? There is no vanillin in the euro stuff, but added as a way to disguise msg here. why have we evolved in so many areas, but not when it comes down to the natural taste of food, or…
Limoncello
Lemons – for Audrey Limoncello Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy, especially in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Sorrentine Peninsula and the coast of Amalfi and islands of Procida, Ischia and Capri. Limoncello I use about 20 lemons, 6 cups of sugar, 2- 1.75 liter bottles of…
Rustic Flavors
If you are fortunate enough to live within 30 minutes of a farmer’s market, for goodness’ sake, GO! Enjoy the journey between the stalls; smell the fresh herbs, warmed by the sun, their perfume gently caressing the air. And when you spot that one stand, you’ll know the one, the fruit will beckon – the…
Lavanda
There’s a few things I’ve learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can William Shakespeare We recently attended a sweet lavender festival just outside of Boise Idaho… With the windows open, the 100 degree temperature…
luscious apples ~
stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples; for I am sick of love. the Song of Solomon, 2:5 There is such a flood of emotion that comes from apples ~ from the beginning, sweet blossoms, to the fragrant baked dessert it ends up in, and every crisp bite in between… it speaks of home,…