The Forest Feast Gatherings is filled with easy recipes and simple ideas for entertaining and creating ambience for a party, and includes several menus for party buffet bars, including a Breakfast Taco Bar and a Grilled Cheese Party. There are also complete menus for different occasions. The dessert on the Winter Feast menu was so tempting, and I decided it would be easily…
When the leaves of the Japanese maple outside my kitchen window turn this color, I know the frosty fall nights have arrived. I love the feeling of the crispy air and the colors, and although this year fall has been slow in coming, and leaf color has been predicted to be less than ideal due to the drought, Mother Nature…
We have all been busy planting ornamental kale in our outdoor planters and some of us are even thinking of yanking it out already to put in the Christmas evergreens, but I thought I would like to try some in the kitchen! Luckily I found a recipe in this cookbook (which I mistakenly thought we were going to use…
It’s not easy being green when autumn arrives. ~~ Everyone is so interested in the fleeting oranges, reds and yellows. There are even those gorgeous purples ~~ ~ dried ~ or ~ freshly blooming ~ as my mint tries once again to take over the entire yard. And let’s not forget the autumn whites! Not…
Fall has arrived here in southern New England right on time and in glorious fashion, and this year without hurricanes or blizzards! The trees have not changed yet but the crispy air, honking geese and brilliant blue sky are sure signs we will soon see the autumn foliage. Although the leaves are still green my hydrangea bushes are changing…
HARVEST TIME The harvest table is warm and rich, in the colors of the autumn fields and leaves … … bountiful with the vegetables so carefully tended to through the spring and summer. All through the crispy spring and hot summer the Scarecrow stands in the fields, keeping watch day and night over the crops. The…