Recipes and Food
Holiday cookies: Hanukkah
For all my friends in the midst of celebrating a joyous week of Hanukkah – Happy Hanukkah! This elegant little cookie my Hungarian cousin, Judith, taught me to make earlier this year…
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A birthday cake for Conor
My boy turns 16 today, and I say , “Yikes! How’d that happen?” Every Thanksgiving weekend is Conor’s birthday weekend. This year, as part of the Thanksgiving/Birthday celebration I planned…
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French Apple Tart – Take 2
A “Happy Thanksgiving” e-mail yesterday from a really lovely lady, Julia, inspires today’s posting. We met a year ago, just before Thanksgiving, when I showed her the blog I was…
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A smashed and roasted potato kind of day
It’s a gray rainy day here in Connecticut. I was just about to put my finishing touches on my autumnal decor story, when I decided to switch gears to something…
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Shaker apple pies
Happy Friday! I was thinking that if you’re picking apples this weekend, and you liked my last posting featuring really good pie crusts, then you may want to try this…
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Favorite pie crust recipe x2
This week on Facebook, my friend Stacy (a self-proclaimed forager of fabulous vintage “finds” and shop owner of Meadowsweet Vintage in Philadelphia – a must-stop – online or in person),…
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Last salute to summer – in a bowl
To me, corn and lobster say “summer”. No actually, the more I think about it, they yell “summer”! They are at the height of their delicious goodness all on their…
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Pretty pastel iced tea
Approximately every six weeks, Connecticut Country House has become a destination meeting place for a beautiful group of Mary Kay consultants. The ladies have officially, and affectionately, named it “The…
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Oh beans!
One vegetable from the kitchen garden that always gets rave reviews, especially from our teenage son Conor, are the string beans. Now that’s saying something! He loves them freshly picked,…
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Really ripe raspberries
I’m always looking for new ideas for my kitchen garden – and planting raspberry plants a couple of years ago was a good one. It was mid-summer, and I was…
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Erin’s Zucchini Bread
I love to collect recipes. I think it’s an addiction with me. When I was nine years old, I got my first cookbook – Betty Crocker’s – from Santa. Ever…
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A refreshing summer salad
This is no ordinary potato salad. It’s light, and served chilled – very refreshing. I like that it has no dairy ingredients, so it holds its own at any hot…
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Rainbow trout for supper
Fishing on the Farmington River, on a beautifully sunny – lightly breezy – blue skied day is my husband Rick’s idea of a nearly perfect day. And catching the biggest,…
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Rustic Strawberry Galette
I’m on a strawberry roll. After finishing up the fool the other day, I still had quite a bit of super ripe strawberries left, just sitting there all washed, gorgeously…
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Everybody’s Fool
A fool, buckle, crumble, cobbler, grunt or slump, pandowdy, and a betty – just some of the centuries old desserts with funny names that have always intrigued me, and just…
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A perfect little vinaigrette
Tender spring greens are in season, and when they are gently tossed with this simple vinaigrette – magic happens. Really. Some time ago, I found this beautiful little vinaigrette recipe…
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Quick – give me a quiche
As of today, I’m promoting a quiche revival. My hay day of quiche making was back in the late eighties when I was newly married; it was quick and easy…
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Holy guacamole
Every single time I take a scoop of ‘Rosa’ – inspired guacamole with a perfectly salted corn chip, I think I faintly see a halo-like glow hovering over our lava bowl!…
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The taste of a good life
What if you had a place to get away to for a few minutes everyday, a welcoming perch where you could see a fresh take on satisfying rustic nibbles and…
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