Connecticut Country House Blog
Sweet recycling
Every morning on our mini-vaca in the 1000 Islands in Canada, I reached for a glass that was neatly stacked in the kitchen cabinet of my dear friend Holly’s lakeside…
Sail away
“When you can’t change the direction of the wind – adjust your sails.” H. Jackson Brown Jr. Wishing you an easy breezy day. Love, Nora
Foodie Friday: Sea to Table
It all starts with the love of fishing. And for Murph, that LOVE is spelled out in all caps. At the break of dawn, with two of his best buds,…
Foodie Friday for the 4th!
This weekend celebrate with a tasty red, creamy white, and purpley blue. The ingredients of this quick and easy-peasy dessert may differ just a little bit, but the cooking technique…
Summer’s here!
“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James I hope the new summer issue of Nora…
A good summer haircut
The time has come. Plants that have wintered indoors and are now in summer residence outdoors (on the other side of their window) need a little sprucing up. All the…
The greatest gifts
The very best things I remember about my dad were the littlest things. My parents came to America during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Like so many refugees, they arrived with…
Create an heirloom cookbook
If you’re looking for a very special gift to make for a bride-to-be…something she’ll cherish forever…this is it. My God daughter Aileen’s bridal shower is featured in the current spring…
Rustic elegance
I was counting the flower buds on my Peonies…43 and counting! (Yippee!) The Lady’s Mantle beds, right outside the kitchen door, are growing fuller, taller, and more chartreuse by the…
Planting tomatoes
Just got back with a beautiful batch of organic tomato plants (their names and descriptions were so intriguing, I had a tough time walking away without buying one of everything).…
Foodie Friday: Sweet Summer Sandwiches
This weekend unofficially kicks off summer, so let’s make an event of it and make some ice cream sandwiches! The idea of dedicating an afternoon to ice cream sandwich-making with…
A sweet bonus
It’s Brimfield week, and you know what that means…fabulous finds are calling my name. But once I’m there, a little later in the day when I need that second wind…
Styling Secrets: Moss it!
“Moss it!”, is my favorite expression these days. I’m talking about beautiful natural green moss that has become one of my go-to styling secrets. Moss gives any potted plant more…
Foodie Friday: Pesto White Pizza
One of the options for pizza toppings that always gets rave reviews is pesto. Every summer and fall we harvest our basil from the kitchen garden and make batches of…
Foodie Friday: One incredible egg
This isn’t really a recipe…it’s a little story about a ‘moment’. And how sometimes, the very best things in life are the simplest. I’m a convert. I simply adore a…