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 […]
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Brownies with Panko Vanilla Sea Salt Crumble
Summer vacation has caught up with us. We woke up exhausted. EXHAUSTED. It was one of those days where the kids got to stay in their jammies all day (and by that I mean they will go to sleep in the same pair tonight…) and we did not leave the house once. Rare for us- […]
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 […]
Braised Pineapple With Vanilla & Star Anise
The historic mention of a pineapple was given by Christopher Columbus and his crew, who, after reaching the island now known as Guadeloupe, collected the pineapple. They brought this succulent yellow fruit back to Europe in the 1490’s. Its spiky surface caused the Spanish to name it pina, after the pine cone. The British also thought it had […]
Vanilla Fig Balsamic Ice Cream
Ice cream might be my very favorite of all the sweet treats. I could eat it by the half gallon for breakfast, lunch and dinner and never tire of it. It wasn’t until two years ago that I even realized that ice cream did not have to be flavored so simply. We were at […]