Cooking category

  • Weekend Cocktail: Chai-Tai

    I love mai-tais, they bring back lots of great memories of fun times in Hawaii. Apparently, most places use a mix to make it these days, but we decided to try our hand at making it from scratch instea...
    Jun 13, 2015 No Comments

  • Weekend Cocktail: French Lavender 75

    My husband Matt has decided that we are going to make cocktails at home once a week. This week we used some Tea Forté cocktail infusions we bought a while ago. I think you could use any herbal tea re...
    Jun 06, 2015 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’15 Challenge #10: E is for Entertaining

    It was the holiday weekend and we did some entertaining. I wanted it to be casual, but, of course, I want to eat good food. I everything came together pretty easily, and it was met with great reviews....
    May 26, 2015 5 Comments

  • Recipe: Fresh Pea Soup

    We went out for dinner the other night and I had the fresh pea soup. It was heavenly, and I left vowing to make it. I didn’t need to invent the wheel here, I was happy to try a recipe from the ...
    Apr 30, 2015 2 Comments

  • A Cooking Challenge

    I married a British man. One of his most endearing qualities is that he is a most grateful recipient of my cooking. He likes almost everything that I cook, and when we have a misfire, he is forgiving ...
    Dec 08, 2014 6 Comments

  • 18 Decorating and Party Ideas for Halloween

    Based on what everyone is pinning these days, it seems like September has put people in a Halloween state of mind. Well, it does pay to start those crafting project early, so here are eighteen project...
    Sep 16, 2014 4 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #12 – Father’s Day Donuts

    Recently Kat shared her dounut recipe with us. (So I blame her for this. ) I went out got the pan and have been waiting for an occasion (so that I would not have donuts in the house). Father’s ...
    Jun 17, 2014 3 Comments

  • Summer Pavlova

    I was inspired by this recipe in House Beautiful magazine:  Summer Berry Pavlova with Bourbon Whipped Cream I pulled the pages out of the magazine, and had them out on the counter. I was making this...
    Apr 25, 2014 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #8 – Individual Bunny Cakes

    This wasn’t the project I planned on making for the Spring challenge, but between traveling and holiday guests it was the only one that happened. My sister’s family came to our house for E...
    Apr 22, 2014 6 Comments

  • Smørrebrød

    My husband and I recently found ourselves craving the wonderful, fresh smørrebrød we often ate for lunch while in Denmark. (We had some good ones in Sweden too.) Smørrebrød are open-faced sandwich...
    Mar 28, 2014 3 Comments

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