I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Garden Week! You’re invited to pull on your gardening gloves and dig in with some virtual gardening as we share books, tour gardens, set tables, and enjoy some garden-inspired projects & recipes this week! Sara Midda’s richly illustrated In and Out of the Garden has delighted readers and critics alike. Diana Vreeland…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers with The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow: A tale of royal intrigue, forbidden love, and long-held secrets surrounding a beautiful patchwork quilt. . . A gripping tale spanning three generations, The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow, unravels the intertwined stories of a modern-day London designer struggling to make ends meet, and…
April 23rd is National Picnic Day and kicks off the season to pack a basket, grab a blanket or quilt and head outdoors! In celebration of National Picnic Day, I’m sharing some picnic love and giving away my favorite picnic accessory. . . . . . A Galvanized Metal 6-Pack Bottle Caddy from Pottery Barn!…
I had a little chalkboard door inspiration from Beatrix Potter Week with The Novel Bakers. . . and Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life. “You are as welcome as the flowers of spring!” Spring has been slower arriving this year so blooms on the door are welcome . . . Along with the grape hyacinths in a bunny planter. . . We’re…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Beatrix Potter and Bunny Week and ending on a sweet note. . . I found a Peter Rabbit Cupcake Kit which called for a batch of Peter Rabbit Cupcakes, complete with Jemima Puddle-Duck, Tom Kitten and Benjamin Bunny! So I found a recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes~ a recipe that everybunny…
Flower and Herb Cheese is easy to make using edible flowers and adds a ‘wow’ factor for a tea party or shower. Use cookie cutters to cut out pretty shapes to make these tea sandwiches or assemble them open face with thinly sliced layers of cucumber and radish. It’s been a delicious week with The…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Beatrix Potter (and Bunny!) Week. Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales by Marta McDowell Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life is the first book to explore the origins of Beatrix Potter’s love of gardening and plants and show how this passion came to be reflected…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Beatrix Potter (and Bunny) Week! Cucumber and Strawberry Salad hopped from the pages of The Beatrix Potter Country Cooking Book. The Beatrix Potter Country Cooking Book by Sara Paston-Williams: Inspired by the works of Beatrix Potter and her own love of traditional cookery, it is divided into 11 sections, each containing…
Peter Rabbit’s Carrot-Zucchini Muffins! Inspired by Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales, these muffins are sure to please everybunny with the addition of carrot, zucchini, apple and coconut! I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Beatrix Potter (and Bunny!) Week. I’m embracing my inner 5-year-old with Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales, beautifully reissued and the complete and unabridged…
Making Flower Compound Butter is easy and beautiful with edible flowers, and adds a ‘wow’ factor for a shower, garden club lunch or treat at the breakfast table! I discovered this simple and beautiful idea, last year in Cooking with Flowers, a delicious mix of food and flowers and possibly the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen! This book would…