November 2010 First there was a special Thanksgiving dinner lovingly prepared for two... There was cranapple sauce in a hollowed orange with a touch of zest... There were buttermilk biscuits...…
November 2010 The pie pumpkin sat amongst the other fall squashes and gourds until the big day- Thanksgiving! The carpenter and I sat at my dining room table, where we…
April 2010 Dana didn't throw just any Easter brunch. As a resident of the Polish Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and a girl of Eastern European descent, Dana threw a "Hunky…
February 2010 Having already attended the festivities at Gobbler's Knob last year, I was content to sleep past the historical moment when Punxsutawney Phil predicts the fate of the season. …
December 2009 Christmatcha Eve Cake Chocolate Matcha Swirl Cake To offset my lack of Christmas spirit in the form of an ol' tannenbaum, I made an edible formation of cupcakes…
My dashing carpenter loves two things (things being inanimate objects and not me): wood and Guiness. He has an uncanny ability to find old wood and old wooden fixtures and…
April 2009 Back when the leaves were still changing in 2007, I went to Washington D.C. to visit a bit of French turf on American soil and eat turkey with…