Dinner Box Process

Every year I put together these little Valentines Day Dinner Boxes. Orders come in from all over the country and on that special day, I drive around and surprise people with them. It is such fun, one of my favorite days of the year to 

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by http://www.soulemama.com/

Girl, Interrupted. A Book Review

I know, I know, I should have read this book about 15 years ago, but I didn’t and I have been carrying it around with me from apartment to apartment, dorm to dorm and house to house since. Now, I’m pretty sure I will always 

Vermont Sausage Lentil Soup

Vermont Sausage Lentil Soup

This recipe is SO simple, you can’t not make it. Here goes… Brown a pound or two of VT sausages (I like Sweet Italian) in  heavy bottom dutch oven.               Add this stuff… (vegetables, onions, garlic, lentils) along with 

Daddy-O’s Birthday French Macarons

Daddy-O’s Birthday French Macarons Yield +\- 36 macarons (Loosely adjusted from Martha Stewarts version: http://www.marthastewart.com/318387/french-macaroons) 1 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar 3/4 cup almond meal 2 large egg whites, room temperature 1 vanilla bean (optional, kind of)   Pulse 1 cup of the confectioners sugar and 

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspiration borrowed from: http://www.soulemama.com/

Valentines Day Boxes

Valentines Day Dinner Boxes! Perfect for loved ones and great as a secret gift (we deliver locally). A wonderful treat and thoughtful surprise for a couple with a new baby, an elderly friend, someone who just had surgery or has been ill. Order on facebook 

Book Review: She Matters, A Life In Friendships by Susanna Sonnenberg

I recently read this book at the suggestion of my husband, who heard the review on NPR and came directly home to tell me about it. Coming from a small immediate family, I have no sisters or closely related female cousins. My mother was an 

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Idea from http://www.soulemama.com/

Artichoke and Sunchoke Soup

Lazy Sunday family supper… 2 cans artichoke hearts, drained with liquid reserved, 1 can left whole, once can rough chopped 3 pounds sunchokes, scrubbed, peeled with a vegetable peeler and cut into 1-2 inch pieces 1 pound red potatoes, scrubbed, peeled with a vegetable peeler