Easter’s on its way and I’ve been in the land of shamrocks and fairies! Here are few posts from the archives, click on the links to hop over for a peep or a taste :) Easter Greetings A Bunny Picnic Lunch with Bunnies Salad of Mixed Baby Greens & Edible Flowers and Chilled Carrot Soup Lemon Peeptinis…
Beef and Guinness Pot Pies! A celebration in a bowl with puff pastry shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day! I made Beef and Guinness Pot Pies a couple of weeks ago and put a couple in the freezer in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day to pull out and bake today! You could use any Irish Stew…
A compromise to the age old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The Chicken and the Egg delivered in a delicious bite for your Easter Buffet! Lemon-Dill Chicken Salad Stuffed Eggs I always like make ahead recipes especially for the holidays~ Lemon-Dill Chicken Salad can be made in advance, stored in the refrigerator…
I’ve had the most delicious fun with The Complete Irish Pub Cookbook! Full of best-loved Irish favorites and contemporary recipes, with a little scenery sprinkled in. My love of the Irish is rivaled by my love of potatoes. Champ was included among the traditional favorites, along with a little tabletop inspiration with the custom of leaving…
A sweet ending to your St. Patrick’s Day feast, Irish Apple Cake! From The Complete Irish Pub Cookbook~ Irish Apple Cake for St. Patrick’s Day or with your morning coffee or afternoon cuppa! Apples have been grown in Ireland for centuries–legend has it that St. Patrick planted an apple tree in an ancient settlement outside Armagh city. Today County…
I’m sharing some cookbook love and love of the Irish and giving away The Complete Irish Pub Cookbook! Full of beautiful food and scenery sprinkled in~ I picked up one for myself and one to giveaway in time for St. Paddy’s Day! In addition to best-loved favorites like Irish Stew, Colcannon, Brown Soda Bread with Molasses…
We had the Good Fortune 造化 to visit Vancouver, BC last year! In addition to visiting the breathtaking Butchart Gardens, we walked through Chinatown on the way to Vancouver’s Chinese Garden~ to see the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. In tandem with Chinese New Year and The Year of the Snake which officially began on February 10th, I thought you might…
We had a break in the weather with sunny skies and temperatures in the high 50’s! With a week-long forecast for rain, we decided to board The Love Boat for a cruise, bundled up with blankets for an early Valentine’s Day celebration! Welcome Aboard~ Love is in the Air and on the Bottle! A life ring…
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I was looking for a little Valentine’s table inspiration, feeling uninspired and a little blue with the cold, gray weather outside. My mother-in-law has been cleaning out her house to put on the market, and ran across this sweet Valentine given to her mother sometime prior to 1923, when she was still a ‘Miss’. She…