Food + Drink

Lentil Soup With Smoked Sausage and Apples

If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope it was a wonderful day with family and friends with plenty of good food. As the holiday season kicks off, a hearty lentil soup with plenty of cool weather goodness, is a good option. This soup can be put together in a few minutes and within the hour be

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Cocktails

Honey Crisp Apple Old-Fashioned Cocktail

We had an amazing time in Greece and Turkey and as my friend poetically described “re-entry is tough.” Yes, ma’am, indeed. Our journey to Greece and Turkey is an upcoming post. Stay tuned. Studying for my upcoming wine exam has been my priority and it has taken up a lot of prime real estate in

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Food + Drink

No Knead Bread and the Art of Procrastibaking

I am not a procrastinator by nature; quite the opposite the urge to start a task or project immediately and finish it as soon as possible is my oxygen and postponement is my agony, that is until recently. I’ve become a ‘procrastibaker’ I have taken up the practice of baking something unnecessary to avoid what

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Food + Drink

Easy Summer Peach and Brie Upside Down Tarts

As summer ends there is still time to celebrate the last of the summer peaches with one of the simplest fruit tarts you can make at home. Don’t despair because if you can’t find summer peaches there are still plenty of stone fruits available this time of year plums, nectarines, and apricots, all are perfect

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Dirt to Table Experiences

Summer Tomato Bruschetta

  Good food is very often, even most often, simple food. ~Anthony Bourdain   This summer tomato bruschetta recipe is about simplicity. A few quality seasonal ingredients, fresh summer tomatoes, a good splash of olive oil, fresh garlic, a small handful of chopped parsley, a few grinds of salt and pepper, and good crusty bread

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Dirt to Table Experiences

Farm Fresh Cucumber Salad

Summer temps are climbing. We are averaging close to 100 degrees each day, with 100% humidity. I am not complaining too loud, we could be landlocked in Texas or Arizona with soaring temperatures approaching 115-120 degrees daily. The summer growing season has ended here in north Florida except for the heat loving eggplants, okra, and

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