The beauty of winter came to visit before the holiday with a few quiet blankets of snow in mid-December. All you need is a little bit of a dusting of snow to feel the magic. A pine tree that sits in the back of the garden takes on a new role in the winter season…
Category: New Year’s Eve
Good-Bye 2016 and a Surprise Ingredient for Hot Chocolate!
Many people are saying they can’t wait for 2016 to play the exit music and be gone. We had a good year with some happy surprises along the way. After much discussion about having the centerpiece of our holiday meal be something other than ham — we ended up putting a honey baked ham on the menu for dinner after…
Food and Cocktail Ideas for the Last Week of 2015!
The wrapping paper has been thrown out and if you have kids in the house you probably invested in new batteries this past week. We had a spiral ham for Christmas dinner as we usually do each year. If you have leftover ham with the hambone, do yourself a favor and make a soup. There…