In the age of tawdry TV tales of socialite housewives, and addictive televised exposes of real people’s most intimate life details it might be a surprise that an historically based BBC series on the life and loves of an Edwardian period British household has taken the U.S. by storm. ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ is something one’s parents…
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Bloody Mary’s and the Ring of Fire breakfast
A new year has come upon us and with it much rejoicing……for some. For others the anticipatory celebration has left heads hung low, throbbing and feeling a bit green around the gills. Never fear my friends. A bit of the ‘hair of the dog that bit you’ and a protein packed breakfast will perk you…
For New Year’s Luck: Black-Eyed Pea Fritters with Hot Sauce {Akara}
I’ll come clean; I’m superstitious. In a measured way. For instance I would not walk underneath a ladder for safety reasons but if that also avoids bad luck all the better. I love the magic in ‘good luck’. Though difficult to quantify the impact of ‘good luck’, my thinking is I lose nothing to eat…
Bluebird Coffee Cake with Lemon Glaze
I have been keeping up with the best of holiday nibbling, enjoying peppermint, cinnamon, eggnog and chocolate with the best of them. Secretly? By the time Christmas hits I’m about ready to hit a sucrose wall. I’m saturated and ready to turn a holiday corner. When contemplating our annual Christmas morning coffee cake, change was…
Easy Holiday Breakfast Recipes
Christmas Eve and Christmas, as well as New Year’s Day are bustling with so many activities. I find my family settles into a lower key pace, letting Christmas Day especially unfold as it may. But everyone still has to eat! For us the holiday dinners take most of the focus wanting to do something special…
Eggnog Pie: The Holiday Party Pie!
This Eggnog Pie shot to the top of my ‘Favorite Holiday Dessert’ list with the first bite. No joke. The holidays are earmarked with specific flavors that are only enjoyed at that time of year; eggnog is certainly an anchor for that. The first true taste of the season for me has to be a…
Cranberry Tapioca with Orange-Nutmeg Whipped Cream
My favorite childhood dessert was definitely tapioca pudding. I don’t have a memory of dessert being a mainstay of our family dinners and certainly when we had it, it was more simple. Tapioca pudding and Lemon Custard with a Pillow Top are the two desserts I really remember. And a three layer parfait creation from Jello. Never…
