Is there anything more lovely than strawberry shortcake cupcakes with real whipped cream, fresh strawberries and a hint of lemon? Yesterday I shared a bowl of lovely macerating strawberries: sugar, chopped strawberries and some lemon zest all melded together to create a sweet, fruity yummy-ness complete with a berry-infused syrup. Really,…
Breakfast for dinner can happen on a special occasion too — like these fresh spinach and lump crab meat omelettes! When the kids were little, my husband and I typically spent most of our Valentine’s Days at home. It can get complicated to find a babysitter, especially on a school night,…
Holiday cookie baking is in full swing (if you’re the Christmas celebrating type), as evident on blogs, Facebook news feeds and lots of neighborhood cookie exchanges. We baked one batch of sugar cookies here – with store bought dough because I’m too busy this week to bother with “from scratch”…
One of the things I’ve always loved about cooking is the ability to try a recipe and then change it up to make it my own. But, sometimes a recipe is so perfect just the way it started that altering it would seem almost offensive. Like the recipe for this…
It’s hard to believe that it’s December already. I don’t know about you, but I still have a lot of shopping to do. A LOT. Thankfully the interweb is forgiving in that respect, and most of what I still need to do can be both purchased and shipped online in…
My father was a small business owner in Maryland for over 20 years, and the support of his flower shop by the local community was integral to its success (or failure). He has since retired, but the memory of how different, personal and special his shop’s relationship was with the…