September 2012 Ambitious retreat. When I think of the special cabin in the woods, I think of eating, conversing, wandering, sitting, talking, eating, sitting, warming, reading.... With the slower pace…
May 2012 I like pancakes as much, if not more than, the next brunch-loving lady, but I especially like our partnership of pancakes. I make the batter, and he flips…
May 2012 There were several post-birthday bites of maple mousse pie, but as the birthday treat progressively disappeared, the sauce persisted. Finding uses for a blueberry and cherry port wine…
April 2012 As for this birthday dinner, let's start at the beginning... a very good place to start! I recently had a revelation- tomatoes are starting to taste good again!…
Lobster by Night March 2012 It had been a while since the two of us had gathered at my dining room table, so I proposed a date of the domestic…
February 2012 I did put a lot of effort into crafting a special Valentine's Day Observed dinner. I did not put all the lemony, minty, chèvre and ricotta filling into…
February 2012 The gray, somewhat snowy, somewhat rainy, altogether sludgy days are abundant in this part of Pennsylvania. I often ask myself what I'm still doing here, since I have…
January 2012! As I said, the idea first hatched when colored leaves were falling, and I added a splash of Rhuby to a cinnamon roll recipe- what if an entire…