The tea wasn't enough. I had to bake some bread, too. Perhaps it was because I had a chill in my bones, so I needed the oven to be blasting; or perhaps it was due to the fact that I ran out of bread, but was feeling too crappy to...
As I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately, I have found familiar comfort in those hot, steamy beverages that seem to make every ache and pain just disappear.My mother is the Mistress of Tea. Since she is from the "Heelands" of Scotland, there is almost a magical touch...
To close out the month, we've added a new assortment of Champagne recipes (including Champagne flan, which has me over the moon), so don't miss this opportunity to add a little fizz to your kitchen.Mark and I met with the wonderfully warm Marchetti family in Stamford, CT yesterday. Their family...
I always knew dark chocolate was better. It seems there is a new variety on the market, CocoVia, that is rich in flavanols and has a potential blood-thinning effect. To give the new "healthy candy bars" using CocoVia an extra kick, manufacturers are adding vitamins and other health goodies into...
It all started with Father's Day in 2001. After years of not even a card, that year saw two wonderful presents: a trip in a glider, and the rent of a vine for a year in a Sussex vineyard — plus a bottle of wine from ‘my own’...
One of my nephews has a naturally comedic personality, so he often has me in stitches without even trying. In trying to describe the kind of sandwich he wanted the other day, he was desperately looking for the right way to explain his preferences. You could see the determination on...