I’m at the table with pumpkins, leaves and Autumn Nights by Mikasa Gourmet Basics. Inspired by the deepest shade of night, Mikasa Autumn Nights offers a modern interpretation for fall dining. Bold patterned leaves drift across square plates in a contrasting palette of autumnal colors. Lanterns are filled with a seasonal display of small pumpkins and gourds as…
Top 10 things Chloe & Gracie love about fall. . . 1. Sweater Weather! 2. The Smells Fresh Mulled Cider Make Your Own Mulling Spice The aroma of fall baking. . . Mini Pumpkin Pies Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt Cake 3. Halloween Treats! Howl-O-Ween Tricking Treats, from Three Dog Bakery Cookbook Made with canned pumpkin, vanilla, water, egg, whole-wheat flour,…
Apple Cider Sangria is a refreshing sangria for fall! An easy seasonal cocktail for a crowd, taking advantage of just picked apples, fresh apple cider, and ideal to mix up for tailgating or just because it’s fall! This sangria is infused with perfect combination of apple and ginger flavors and is refreshing without being overly sweet! I…
Are you ready for fall and pumpkins? We still have plenty of summer-like temperatures and warm weather ahead of us here in the South, but I began the count down to fall a month ago! Pumpkins are just starting to arrive at the garden centers and nurseries and I’m ready for a Happy Harvest and all things pumpkin! One of my…
I went apple picking at Carrigan Farms, a local pick-your-own farm in Mooresville, NC. You can take the kids for an apple hayride. . . Or they can walk the orchard and drag their bag of apples behind them. . . {insert *wince* and *grin* here} The orchard is open daily in September to pick Golden…
With Halloween on the horizon, are you feeling Witchy? Are you dusting off your broom? . . . Brushing up on your spells. . . Preparing to shake up a sinister Skeletini Cocktail. . . Or custom blending your potion stirring spoons? Ready to fuel up with some sweet treats for a long midnight ride. . . Maybe some Halloween Oreo Brownies.…
I’m transitioning from summer to fall, at the table with Pfaltzgraff Rooster Meadow Dinnerware. Sunflowers, poppies and black-eyed Susans, along with a strutting rooster and chick, border the plates in a cheery pattern and vivid palette of russet, gold, and greens! While a vibrant foundation of blooming flowers and leaves in bright fall colors, trail along the tablecloth. Goldenrod…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Picnic Week! The Novel Bakers have had a full & delicious week packing picnic baskets and cooking up recipes for picnic week! Here’s a final picnic to wrap up the week and with a little fall flavor to end on! Fall is my favorite season and the perfect time to picnic…
I’m joining the The Novel Bakers for Picnic Week! The Novel Bakers been busy packing picnic baskets and cooking up recipes for a couple of months in anticipation of picnic week, from a host of books full of inspiration, delicious menus and theme picnics! My Rainstorm Picnic was inspired by a week of summer weather with pop up…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Picnic Week! The Novel Bakers been busy packing picnic baskets, baking, 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 Provençal Picnic from A Perfect Day for…