Luscious and lemony, these mini tarts are a sweet treat for teatime, shower or ‘just because’. The filling is a favorite combination of lemon curd and cream cheese. . . a ‘go-to’ filling for Berry {Quick & Easy} Layered Cake, Star-Spangled Slab Pie, any kind of trifle or dessert crepes. I made these tarts ‘mini’, because…
The arrival of Easter brings with it eggs and Easter baskets and our Easter Sunday lunch wouldn’t be complete without some deviled eggs! These Deviled Egg Baskets are reminiscent of an Easter basket, garnished with flowering herbs and edible blossoms, topped with a chive basket handle! These Deviled Egg Baskets also make for a pretty…
Teatime delights, recipes and inspiration for hosting a vintage tea party! I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Tea Party Week, with The Vintage Tea Party Book, A Complete Guide to Hosting your Perfect Party by Angel Adoree, British Author, Expert of all things Vintage, Stylist and Baker Angel Adoree cordially invites you to accompany her on a journey to…
Keep your wine chilled and festive with Frozen Wine Cubes with Edible Flowers! Frozen Wine Cubes with Edible Flowers are a festive way to serve and enjoy your wine this summer! Freezing your wine into cubes will help keep it chilled while enjoying it in the heat of the summer without diluting it! You can…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Picnic Week! The Novel Bakers been busy packing picnic baskets and cooking up recipes for a couple of months now in anticipation of picnic week, from a host of books full of inspiration, delicious menus and theme picnics! I had some inspiration for a Vintage Garden Picnic from A Perfect…
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…
Cooking with Flowers is a delicious mix of food and flowers and possibly the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen! It makes me want to plant Roses, Tulips, Hollyhocks, Daylilies, Dianthus and it forever changed my opinion on Dandelions~ I’ll never curse one again :) When I first saw this cookbook on Jain’s beautiful blog,…
I was thrilled to have found lilac bundles at Trader Joe’s about six weeks ago, which was the inspiration for this table~ a surprise as delightful to me as their fragrance~ and the only way to enjoy them here since our climate is too warm for them to grow. I pulled out my Mikasa Daylight Dinnerware for…