Wine Wednesday

Yipee its Wine Wednesday and I am super excited to share with you the wine of the week.  I know I said I would be featuring wine that had awesome labels, but this wine is featured for more than its label…its shake, the Molly Dooker shake. Molly Dooker has created a shake that releases nitrogen…

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Greek Feast Night

Farmers market season is in full bloom.  I’ve been to a few farmers markets before but apparently not the cool ones because I have never seen zucchini blossoms for sale until last week.  It was like Christmas morning when I saw them. After I bought them I was so overwhelmed with planning the meal that…

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Wine Wednesday- Judge A Bottle By Its Label

Today is Wednesday.  Some call it hump day but on this blog it will be referred to as one thing and one thing only…Wine Wednesday.  At the cafe I work at, Cafe Medley, there is a wine wall and I constantly find myself admiring the labels on the wine so I decided I had to…

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Easter Borscht

Like I mentioned in my previous post about the orange cake I was really behind this Easter as far as baking/cooking goes.  In my family along with the mushroom borscht we make at Christmas there is a borscht we make for Easter.  This is the first Easter I was away from my family so I…

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Happy Eggs Benedict Day!

I may love Saint Patty’s Day and Halloween but I think I may have found my new favorite holiday…National Eggs Benedict Day!  Today is Eggs Benedict Day and must not be missed. So go get your hollandaise and poaching pants on and whip up the most delicious breakfast dish known to man kind! Follow me…

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Never Too Late For This Cake

I dropped the ball this Easter.  I simply ran out of time with work and friends visiting, so I didn’t bake the Easter dessert.  I had already bought all the ingredients to bake the cake; the past few days they have just been staring at me, making me feel guilty and making me think about…

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Kate and Leopold on Toast

I get so excited when I sit down to watch TV for the evening and a good movie comes on because it can be a hit or miss. You either have perfect timing and it’s a good movie, or it is a fabulous movie and there is only 30 minuets left so its just a…

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The Irish Compromising for Lent

Saint Patty’s Day is a great holiday for many reasons.  To name a few; the Irish car bombs, green beer, green eggs and ham, Irish music and of course corn beef and cabbage.   I was really excited to make some corn beef and cabbage today and put a post up about it when I realized…

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Life’s a Beach…in Charleston

I am no longer residing in Lapeer, Michigan…thank goodness.  Not that Lapeer isn’t lovely sometimes, but in these final winter months Michigan doesn’t show its best sides.  Dreary and cold is what you can expect, so having Charleston, South Carolina as my new home for the next few months, I was antsy to get out….

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