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  • An Easy Easter Basket Cake

    My family never had a big celebration for Easter growing up, but it was always a good excuse to get together with our extended family for a springy meal. Since moving to Dublin, I’ve…

    March 27, 2012
  • Holiday Appetizer: Gourmet-Vous

    This is a great appetizer my mother always makes for holidays. She created it for the first time when I quite young, maybe three. And I was smack in the middle of the phase…

    December 1, 2011
  • Almond Plum Cake

    I had big plans today to pick the apples from a tree that I pass on the way to work every week. (Don”t worry, it”s a tree by the side of the road with…

    August 30, 2011
  • Friday Finds: Garden Party Recipe Inspiration

    Happy Friday, friends! We’re headed off to a wedding this afternoon, and then we’re going to spend the weekend relaxing and recuperating. What a long week! We’ll probably also do a little more planning…

    August 19, 2011
  • Toasty: Anadama Bread with Quince Jelly

    A few months ago, I received a whole bunch of jams and jellies from a few different canning queens. I’ve been dying to try them all out, but with all the traveling, I didn’t…

    August 4, 2011
  • Easter Baskets

    Easter’s coming up this weekend and I have great memories of the holiday growing up. We always had pretty flowery dresses, white gloves, white patent leather shoes, and bonnets. I hate to admit it,…

    April 18, 2011
  • Round Up and Recipes

    Are these chickens not hilarious? They have nothing to do with today’s post, but they cracked me up. And you can make them! Here’s the tutorial from a neat new-to-me blog. It’s been a…

    April 8, 2011
  • (Almost) Hundreds and Thousands

    This morning I packed up the little chocolate cake I baked last night. I left it in the tin, un-frosted, and put it in the front basket of my bike. A risky move, because…

    April 7, 2011
  • St. Patrick’s Day Round-Up!

    St. Patrick’s Day over here is less green/leprechauns/pots of gold and a lot more enjoy the day off/drink some Guinness/watch the parade/drink some more Guinness.  But over the last week, I’ve started seeing lots…

    March 14, 2011