If you read the last blog you will note…we love cheese on toast. This time it was for breakfast. There is something fabulous about sitting on a screened porch overlooking the Berkshire Hills eating local products for breakfast. We realize the fleeting aspect of this luxury. A treat which is bound to change, somewhat, […]
Breakfast
Mint Infused Heavy Cream with Freshly Picked Blueberries
Here in New England it is blueberry season. Everywhere we go we signs advertising fresh blueberries and opportunities abound for picking your own. We couldn’t be happier as we love to have them for breakfast….usually in our cereal but today just on their own. One of the things we loved most about our […]
Blueberry Cakes
Did you know that today is (was) national blueberry muffin day? I didn’t. I stumbled upon that fact today when I was checking my email. While this is not a recipe for a muffin, it is close though, and as a child I confused them all the time. When I was little my […]
Lavender Vanilla Milkshakes
Today we took a lovely field trip to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts to visit Charles H. Baldwin & Sons. What a treasure! Known for their vanilla extract, this shop has caught the attention of detail oriented cooks such as Martha Stewart, who (despite the fact if you love her or hate her) has, in our […]
Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread with Salted Caramel Dipping Sauce
When I was a little girl my cousin would often babysit us when my mother had a late night out. If we couldn’t sleep she would bring us into the kitchen and make us warm milk served with a little snack. Her father makes the absolute best chocolate walnut banana bread and so the […]
Egg Banjo With Bacon
The egg ‘banjo’ is a simple British Army dish. It has been popular among soldiers for years. The classic egg banjo is made only with fried egg, bread and butter but we added a little bacon. As we are in England at the moment we decided to cook it on the Aga […]
Croissants and Pain Au Chocolat – A Valentine’s Day Treat
It is Valentine’s Day and what can be better than freshly baked croissants with homemade jam and a decadent pain au chocolat for breakfast? This takes some time to make, but the result is fantastic and is perfect for a romantic start to the day. This is a Michel Roux recipe that works very […]
Organic Mushrooms on Toast
We were so excited to find an organic mushroom farmer at the farmer’s market! Just days before we were discussing the lack of mushroom farms in our area and then voila! We used our yummy organic mushrooms to make mushrooms on toast. I won’t lie- we did spend nine of our twenty dollars on […]