Connecticut Country House
Discovery
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust Happy Columbus Day! Love, Nora
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Foodie Friday: Country House Harvest Soup
Even though the kitchen garden, and our local CSA (a.k.a. Community Supported Agriculture) share is winding down, they’re both still gifts that keep on giving. The basketful and big wooden…
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Autumn is officially here!
“Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.” – Hal Borland Well said Mr. Borland.…
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Carpe diem!
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Happy fall…let’s make it a memorable one! Love, Nora
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Foodie Friday: Preserving summer
Corn and tomatoes…two of the best things about summer! I’ve got so many ripe tomatoes on the vine that some just split and fall off. (Breaks my heart!) We’re trying…
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A Late Summer Show
The entrance to the old house was lingering in an in-between state. All summer the rustic twig basket hanging by the door was the perfect scale and spot for a…
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Simple Stuff: Spotless glasses
It’s the simple stuff in life that gives me great joy. And the simple joy of crystal clear glasses is right up there with picking the season’s first ripe red…
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Foodie Friday: Marvelous Murph Burgers
I was all set to post our Pesto Tastings today for Foodie Friday (to be posted at a later date), but had a change of mind and heart seeing that…
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A country road
A beautiful summer afternoon…time to switch gears and go for a walk. And a late summer afternoon “stretch” with friends (on a visit to upstate New York) is even better.…
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Foodie Friday: Summer on a plate
August is the month of total abundance in my kitchen garden. So much is ready for picking that it’s getting pretty challenging to keep up with it all! I absolutely…
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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…
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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
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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).…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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