Tag Archives: holidays
Healthy Buckeye Balls
November 30, 2018
We’ve got one more holiday gift recipe for you before we launch into December! We apologize for the brief hiatus from posting. Strudel and I have been enjoying this blog for 8 years and it was time to do a … Continue reading
Posted in chocolate, desserts, gift ideas, gifts, healthy, holidaysTagged buckeye balls, date paste, egg white powder, holidays
2017 Holiday Gift Ideas
December 17, 2017
It’s winter holiday time which means that (as the good bloggers we are), we start compiling the 2017 Holiday Gift Ideas list! I made this list for two reasons: I love a good recommendation from a real person. … Continue reading
Posted in giftsTagged gift ideas, gift lists, holidays
Spiced Apple Pie Filling
November 6, 2016
Happy Daylight Saving time! And a very happy November to you, as well. Here in Seattle, we’ve far-too-easily stepped into fall; we didn’t get much of a summer, so fall actually feels a little more palatable – now, my expectations … Continue reading
Posted in bakingTagged apples, canning, fruit, gifts, holidays
Holiday Cheesy Flaky Rolls
December 5, 2013
Have you heard of Tartine Bakery? No? Maybe Chad Robertson? As fast as you can, go out and buy one of Chad Robertson’s books! Really, GO NOW! I have Tartine Bread and it has transformed how I bake bread! Tartine’s owner … Continue reading
Posted in baking, breads, breakfast, brunch, holidaysTagged butter, Chad Robertson, holidays, rolls, Tartine Bakery, Tartine Bread
Irish Soda Bread
March 10, 2012With St. Patrick’s Day coming up next weekend, I figured we’d better get to the baking. I hadn’t had Irish Soda Bread in years – I remembered it being dense and dry – until recently, when a local shop … Continue reading
Posted in baking, breads, breakfast, brunch, holidaysTagged baking, bread, butter, holidays, sweet
Homemade Holiday Gifts
December 18, 2011I’m a horribly uncreative person (btw, I just googled “uncreative” to make sure it’s a real word, and the definition is “not being or productive of something fresh and unusual”… sounds harsh, right?). I desperately want to original, to … Continue reading
Posted in gifts, holidaysTagged chai tea, gift ideas, holidays, hot cocoa, limoncello
Speculaas
December 8, 2011What would the holidays be without this dutch delight, a slightly spicy shortbread cookie, traditionally served before the St. Nicholas’ feast?
Posted in baking, cookies, holidaysTagged dutch, holidays, house on the hill, speculaas, spicy, springerle molds
Thanksgiving in San Diego
November 27, 2011HAPPY (belated) THANKSGIVING! Early this morning, I left lovely southern California and flew home to a very rainy Seattle. I had SUCH a great vacation with my family (Brandon had to stay home to work, so I traveled … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, travelTagged family, holidays