Brandied Cranberries are a boozy treat perfect for cocktails, dessert toppings and more! Great gift idea too. Brandied Cranberries are easy to make and can be used in many ways. These boozy berries are delicious and make great gifts too. They are an old school treat!
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Persimmon Pudding with Hard Sauce
A vintage baked dessert recipe for winter, Persimmon Pudding with Hard Sauce is an easy and fun addition to a dinner party or holiday entertaining. Seasonal persimmons add a beautiful flavor to this simple, special dessert. I will confess to being a bit of an Anglophile. Whether due to having family roots in England (and…
Festive Chocolate-Dipped Pretzels and Holiday Treat Boxes
One of my absolute favorite things to do during December is to take a drive to look at holiday lights. I’m not sure exactly what makes them so magical but for me there is nothing better than setting out on a cold winter’s night with a car full of holiday treats, hot chocolate or coffee…
Forgotten Cookies
Forgotten Cookies are meringue cookies with chocolate chips and chopped nuts. They are placed in a previously heated oven and ‘forgotten’ overnight to finish! Updated December 2018 This is a cookie kinda month in my book. I personally have scaled back to focus my baking on preparing for Santa. These cookies are beautiful, glossy batter…
BookCliff Vineyards and Black Cat Farm/Bistro
Having lived in cities like San Francisco I love the sense of community patronizing neighborhood retailers brings. It makes a big place feel like a more intimate one. Love a good coffee house, maybe a cute boutique, but I hit the mother lode with a winery in my current ‘hood, and a good one;…
Food for Thought
When I was a child I did not like Thanksgiving. More accurately, I did not GET Thanksgiving. It was boring; all people did was eat. It was nice to get together with family but stuffing oneself to the gills as a purposeful end result was how I saw it and it seemed void of deeper…
Tijuana Train Wreck
I would be lying if I were to say I did not squirm a bit then hitting ‘post’ due to the title of this recipe. Knowing this recipe was conceived of in an era before fear of being sued and being ‘PC’ were guideposts for decision making makes me feel a bit better about its…
