June 2014

Ikebana is a centuries old Japanese style of flower arranging, a marriage of spirituality, humanity and nature. A few weeks ago one…

So my favorite celebration of the year is here, next to Halloween and Thanksgiving. We have a full program this weekend, hosting…

If you asked me a couple of years ago, why anyone would want to switch up the flavor of tootsie rolls, I…

Sometimes I think there is a garden genie on our PA property. When we closed on the house in the month of March,…

This sage has come back for the third year in a row in our PA garden but this year was the first…

Attending this demonstration at my local Whole Foods Market at their Bowery Culinary Center was a last minute opportunity. Was it ever…

An unexpected surprise was recently finding my stash of dried barberries I had picked up at a Christmas Market in Holland this past holiday…

One of the privileges of being a United Nations spouse is, no matter what city you live in, one has the opportunity…

This was a request to bring a cake for a sit down birthday dinner for 12. The birthday boy is a cake…

This past Monday I was fortunate to be invited to an event at the Industry of Culinary Education in NYC honoring this…

To say I had a great time at this conference is a major understatement. So happy I made the decision to ditch…

Wow the title of this macaron is a mouthful. Sorry about that. Also I know, this is one more French macaron experimentation…