I walked the dog and she didn’t escape. I made coffee with my brother’s stove top espresso maker and only boiled the milk over a little bit. Electric stove … And I couldn’t find the nice little All-clad pot for the milk. I wonder if he took it with him? I obviously brought the right … [Read more…]
We’re off to Seattle where it’ll be 45° and rainy, leaving Wisconsin where it’s 35° and rainy. We’ve been having a warm, snowless, winter. Things started off with cold and some snow in November, but around Christmas it got mild. Just another addition to what has surely been a difficult year. Not so much for … [Read more…]
Last year we didn’t have much of anybody around for me to cook for so I didn’t make much in the way of big fancy holiday meals. This year we have an exchange student, but as I’ve mentioned before, she’s not keen on my cooking, so again I’m trying to keep things in check. We’re … [Read more…]
In the spirit of this year, it’s Tuesday and I’m only just getting to writing about the party that happened on Saturday. Originally I thought I’d get all the boxes packed Wednesday to mail Thursday but that didn’t happen. Instead I was up until 2:00 AM Thursday night/Friday morning packing, and mailed on Friday. I … [Read more…]
To the end of my list of cookie kinds to make, that is. No almond rainbow bars. Here’s what I had by Wednesday. The chocolate toffee bars look blurry, but I made another batch Sunday (a.k.a. post-party, but more on that in a minute.) Raspberry almond bars, good batch this year. Peppermint pattie brownies – … [Read more…]
So this year is the first cookie season in a long time without the black cat, Ivy of our Holly & Ivy duo. She had to be put down in February. She was the smarter and more trouble-making one of the two, and she loved people food. She’d steal your egg off your plate if … [Read more…]