Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Baking as a hobby has its downsides–there are tempting desserts hanging around the house all of the time! Why reach for an apple when there is a piece of cake or an experimental cookie lying around, just waiting to be tasted. And then there are the periodic quality control tastings that must occur. I thought […]
While we are struggling to deal with the heat and humidity of summer, I can’t help but think of the flowers that appeared a month or so ago in the waning days of Spring. I just love the photo above. It shows the drama of garlic flowers emerging! We have a couple of rose bushes […]
It was one of those days when liqueur was needed, but not for making chocolates! Hpnotiq liqueur, pictured below, probably does have exotic fruit juices as described on the bottle, but the primary flavor for me was the taste of refreshing grapefruit. Mmmm good. This blue concoction is the brain child of Raphael Yakoby and […]
I’ve been hovering around drafting this weed post for so long that these weeds have actually moved on to whatever their next stage in life is as they gear up for summer. However, I still thought some early stage weed photos might put flowers in perspective. But weeds aren’t too bad when viewed through my […]
It’s been a while since I posted an article, the reason being that the only time I have had left after the day is done is go to sleep. I’m sure you know what I mean! But last weekend, we took a break from it all and treated ourselves. It must have been the rainiest […]