We spent President’s Day weekend in Washington, D.C. visiting a long lost relative and some friends. After a spring like day sight seeing, we were looking for a fun yet sophisticated place for dinner. Unlike most of our road trips, we arrived in D.C. with no culinary plans and were extremely happy to find […]
Restaurants, Events & Locations
Patisserie Lenox
We absolutely love the Berkshires. It is one of those places that has something to do in each season. In late November we took a drive up to Lenox and visited Patisserie Lenox for an espresso and a treat. We loved the fact that they were using their iPad as a cash register, the […]
Coffee and cake at the Woodstar Cafe
On a lovely fall day we stopped for coffee and cake at the Woodstar Cafe in Northampton MA. They have a few seats outside which allowed us to enjoy a snack with Maggie, my mom’s Jack Russell. We had a chocolate Guinness cupcake that sounded like an interesting combination and although the […]
Hungry Ghost Bread Northampton
Today we visited a well documented bread shop called Hungry Ghost Bread in Northampton, Massachusetts. We had heard so much about this bread and so nearly seven years after its opening we finally got around to visiting. According to the shop’s web site “hungry ghosts are spirits of insatiable desire that can never be satisfied.” […]
Fried Yellow Tomatoes Inspired by a Trip to Poogan’s Porch in Charleston
We took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina to eat dinner at McCrady’s. This trip was inspired from one of Giada De Laurentiss’ Weekend Getaway shows. She had visited McCrady’s and raved about it. We had never been to South Carolina and we love to try new restaurants so it was added to our […]
A Reminder of Summer
Just as we are having to deal with a little more snow, I thought of our summer in Europe and the UK. We spent a little over a month traveling throughout six countries and enjoyed so many different foods. Some of our favorites were the breads and pâtisseries in France, German frappes, Belgian beer, […]