It’s hard to believe that Christmas will be here in just over a week! :O I think I have the gift shopping finished, but I still need to wrap those gifts, and I will be baking some last-minute things to take to our daughter’s home for Christmas dessert. Then there […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving, whether you live in the U.S. or somewhere else, and whether you actually celebrate the holiday or not. I’ll be headed to my daughter’s house for our family dinner, and I’m taking the pumpkin pies and whipped cream, as well as cranberry […]
While my friends and I were in Houston recently, we “discovered” pistachio muffins. Oh my! They were so good! Unfortunately, Phyl and I were only able to get one each, and we’ve been drooling over the memory ever since. Phyl decided to do a Google search for recipes, and here […]