It’s St. Patrick’s Day! I’m getting ready to make my favorite corned beef and cabbage, new potatoes, and carrots, served with a horseradish sauce. It’s an old Sunset Magazine recipe that I have been making every St. Patrick’s Day for over twenty years. For dessert, I will make my husband’s favorite sugar cookies with the dough tinted green, of […]
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Another Bake-Off Blog!
After writing all the Bake-Off blogs for almost a year, Pillsbury asked me and my daughter Kristina to be the official bloggers at Pillsbury.com in the “Behind the Scenes” about the contest! Our first blog is up now at: http://www.pillsbury.com/Bakeoff/Blog/ViewBlog/bake-off45blog/2012/03/14/three-generations-of-bake-off-174-fun/19034 We will be writing again on the 22nd, and more during the contest itself, which […]
Sunday at the Home and Housewares Show
Yes, I know it’s late on Monday and I’m writing the Sunday blog. But Sunday was just way too much fun. Kristina and I literally crashed last night, and if I had attempted to write a blog it probably would have been incoherent! Our day began bright and early with Kristina on a panel discussion […]
International Home and Housewares Show – Day One, Saturday Afternoon and Evening
What a day this has been! Kristina and I are back at the hotel now, exhausted but still giggly with events since this morning. Saturday at the show is a shortened day, but we still managed to squeeze in a lot of fascinating products and people. We wandered around a bit at first just taking […]
Home and Housewares: Saturday Morning- Day One
The show doesn’t open until 12:30 today, so Kristina and I are getting ready to leave soon. We are going to visit Cuisinart, Kitchen Aid, Keurig, Nordic Ware, LeCreuset, and more. The Kitchen Aid display is a work of art! I’ll post pictures later today or tonight. Kristina has an interview scheduled with Curtis Stone at […]
It’s Time for the International Home and Housewares Show!
My daughter Kristina and I will be attending the incredible International Home and Housewares Show at McCormick Place in Chicago for the next four days. We have been attending every year for the past four years and never want to miss it. There are 2,000 suppliers from over 35 countries. Along with other items, it is […]
A Yummy Bread For My Homemade Jam
Every good homemade jam deserves a good bread. I found this beautiful loaf of chocolate-cherry bread at my favorite market and thought it would go perfect with my homemade cherry-orange marmalade. It’s like having Black Forest Cake for breakfast. Wish you could taste it!
