Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Once upon a time last Christmas season, I was enamored with the idea of making eggnog all the things. Eggnog cookies, eggnog bread, eggnog treats and drinks and toddies and etc. etc. etc. And then I made a terrible mistake. While I was at the store, I looked at the ingredients on a box of …
By no means would I ever call myself a Wine’E’ …I am more of a Wine’O’ … I am not classically trained, everything I know about wine I have learned ‘in the field’. What I do know is what I like and what I like to give as hostess/host gifts at the holidays or serve …
It Christmastime, so in the spirit of giving I thought I would share with you a recipe for the best ginger crinkle cookies. I’m not exaggerating, these cookies are like a Christmas gift for your taste buds – slightly crunchy on the outside and a little bit chewy on the inside. They are so good …
You would think that after six years of living with food allergies, we’ve got it all down pat. But one can be a little too complacent and too trusting. We ended up spending Thanksgiving in the ER because we assumed, and wrongfully so, that after this long our extended families understood exactly what they were …
Someone told be the other day how many shopping days were left until Christmas and I nearly fell over. How did this happen? Where was I? I hate when holiday hell just sneaks up on you like that. I need time to get my brain ready long before I can think of actually making plans …
This is not your Grandma’s apple pie. Or maybe it is your Grandma’s apple pie, but it’s the one she hid in the kitchen and likely the reason she had to go back just once more to bring out the extra cups or napkins or a smidge more whipped cream, every time she hosted family dinners. …
Growing up, I remember there being a lot of Campbell’s Soup in my house, but I don’t recall eating a lot of soup. I guess that’s because my mother was using Campbell’s Soups as the start of something spectacular for weeknight meals long before “semi-homemade” became trendy. Tomato soup in meatloaf, Cream of Broccoli in …
Well once again it is “THAT” time of the year…”THAT” time to… deck the halls, trim the tree , silver your bells and put on your happy host face. You know what helps with that happy host face? BOOZE! Unless your guest list includes Kid Rock, P. Diddy and Charlie Sheen, stocking your bar for …
