Monthly Archives: December 2010

9 posts

Holiday traditions

Our family has its share of holiday traditions, as I’m sure most do. Since we celebrate Christmas, ours naturally revolve around that holiday. I used to be a French teacher and liked to share some of the French customs with my students. At one point, I collected several little santons, […]

Baklavá

Yesterday was such fun! A friend of mine from our local quilt group invited me to her lovely home to learn to make baklavá. My friend is originally Greek, so you know her baklavá is authentic. What’s more is that it’s not as sweet as other baklavá I’ve had, and […]

Not the way we planned it …

Last Sunday our younger daughter invited my husband and the rest of our family over for dinner. Great! Dinner was delicious, right up through dessert. But dessert also brought a new challenge that I thought I’d tell you about. We love crème brûlée, and that’s what she had prepared for […]