stories, recipes and other WONDER full things
I didn’t get around to jotting down my Monday thoughts this week because very dear friends from the UK were here for the day with their eight year old twin girls. So instead we drove to Buxton’s General Store in the pickup truck to get…
Do you know chimichurri sauce? I didn’t, until we had owned the inn for a few years. Now I feel like I see it everywhere. (Isn’t that always the way?) My quick explanation to curious customers was, ‘it’s kind of like pesto only made with…
I am reader of things, you know this because the original idea of this Monday post was a random selection of things that caught my eye or my ear in the past week. That has not changed, it’s not likely to change anytime soon. But,…
That time of year is almost here, that delicious, unrelenting, ZUCCHINI time of year. I have vivid memories of having to turn neighbors away at the back door of the inn on certain high yield years. At least one year we had a person-high stack…
Hopped over to the Adirondacks for a couple of nights to go for a hike in the woods, see a play, smell some pine needles, go for another hike – this time up a mountain, play with the dogs, take a couple of naps, eat…
My intention is that this post is about cake, specifically this great cake from Dorie Greenspan that was featured on the NYT Cooking site last week and that I just couldn’t resist trying. For starters, it is lemon and I do love most things lemon. It’s…
My Dad has this great recipe that I’m going to share with you. It is a perfect summer soup. And really, really easy to make. Soup is a perfect lunch as far as I’m concerned but summer and soup and no air conditioning are not…
I am really not quite sure how a week went by without any other posts here. But, this is a new week! There will be new things! As for last week, our monster heatwave broke just in time for me to make all these party…
Well goodness gracious me. This heat has melted my brain cells and my motivation and pretty much most of my personality. So, I don’t have a lot to contribute to today. Last week was really busy, this week is thankfully not, but I’m having a…