When we moved here a year ago one of the things that we fell in love with was the little downtown area not too far from our new house. For nearly a year we have carefully watched the progress of the renovation of a gorgeous old building called The Savoy. With promises to be a […]
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Banana Pudding with Peanut Butter Cookie Crumbles & Maple Syrup Reduction
When I was a little girl one of my favorite things to eat was probably toast with peanut butter, maple syrup and bananas. And no, I did not grow up at Graceland. It was crunchy and sweet and seemed perfectly healthy at the time because it did have a banana on it. I’d eat it […]
Sausage & Cheddar Muffins from Food & Wine
For Christmas we received Market Math, the cookbook from Food & Wine which is based on the column of the same name from their magazine. In the column, they take one ingredient and use it four ways. It is genius and allows you to buy that bigger package of something and know it won’t go […]
Brown Sugar Vanilla Milkshakes infused with Yorkshire Tea
Once upon a time I worked with a woman who asked me if my British husband drank a lot of tea. I think I nearly choked on my lunch. Does he drink a lot of tea? He drinks tea when he wakes up. He drinks tea after completing any sort of chore. He drinks tea […]
Goat Cheese Wontons
When your husband works endless hours and every single holiday and you are living in a city/town where you have zero family and zero friends you have to dig deep to make things special for the kids. I’m hoping that the traditions we establish will have the ability to make our kids feel more grounded […]