In the Kitchen: Fall Recipes 10/6/17

Perfect Fall Recipes So let’s start something new!!  While I love making my own recipes, there are times when just like everyone else I find a recipe.  I hope that these fall recipes will be what you are looking for too.  When finding recipes, I either make it work for me or just give it […]

Blood of An Englishman: Review and Giveaway M.C. Beaton

A Proper Mystery With An Englishman The Blood of an Englishman is something Agatha Raisin must investigate in her 25th adventure.  So, while she does that we decided to investigate the blood of an American.  Knowing that there are some foods we just can’t turn down, we opted to preview The Blood of an Englishman with our Stash […]

Eric Lanlard at Nielsen-Massey Vanilla

A while back we got the chance to go to the Nielsen-Massey headquarters here in the Chicago area to check out the factory, but also to meet Eric Lanlard.  The minute we got out of the car I knew we were in the right place as everything smelled of vanilla. Who is Eric Lanlard?  Eric […]

Eric Lanlard at Nielsen-Massey Vanilla

A while back we got the chance to go to the Nielsen-Massey headquarters here in the Chicago area to check out the factory, but also to meet Eric Lanlard.  The minute we got out of the car I knew we were in the right place as everything smelled of vanilla. Who is Eric Lanlard?  Eric […]

Wholesome Wednesday: Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake

Ever since I tried the french apple pastry I’ve been meaning to branch out into other flavors.  Cause at my house we’ve always loved pastries/coffeecakes.  My dad’s parents always had pastries or coffeecakes at their house.  Kringles were a big favorite and they’d get several at once. While I haven’t quite advanced to Kringles, this […]

Wholesome Wednesday: Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake

Ever since I tried the french apple pastry I’ve been meaning to branch out into other flavors.  Cause at my house we’ve always loved pastries/coffeecakes.  My dad’s parents always had pastries or coffeecakes at their house.  Kringles were a big favorite and they’d get several at once. While I haven’t quite advanced to Kringles, this […]

Farmstead Chef: Pear Crumb Pie

I can honestly say I’ve never had a pear pie before.  Actually never anything baked with pears in it.  I’ve always eaten them plain.  So when I saw this recipe in the Farmstead Chef I knew I had to try it.  This pie is reminiscent of a Dutch apple pie with a different taste to […]

Farmstead Chef: Pear Crumb Pie

I can honestly say I’ve never had a pear pie before.  Actually never anything baked with pears in it.  I’ve always eaten them plain.  So when I saw this recipe in the Farmstead Chef I knew I had to try it.  This pie is reminiscent of a Dutch apple pie with a different taste to […]