Savoring the Season
Harira Soup: Cozy Moroccan Comfort Soup
Florida finally caught a chill! After pretending it is fall with our pumpkin candles and door wreaths. There is an actual nip in the air. You know what that means it is soup season, for real this time. One of the best ways to celebrate a Florida cold snap (no matter how brief) is with
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Savoring the Season
Olive Oil Pumpkin Bread: A Florida Fall Favorite
There is a particular kind of magic that happens every October in Florida. The calendar claims it’s fall, yet the thermometer cheerfully insists it is still summer. The air is still heavy with humidity, and your cozy sweaters remain buried in the back of the closet. But do we Floridians let that stop us? Absolutely
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Savoring the Season
Creamy Tuscan Chickpea Soup – Cozy Fall Recipe
As soon as there is the slightest hint of fall in the air, I immediately turn to soup. Living in north Florida, our summers feel endless, so any whisper of cooler weather is a reason to celebrate. That’s when my trusty Dutch oven comes out, and the season of simmering soups begins. Recently, while flipping
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Food + Drink
Slow Cooked Georgian Beef and Tomato Stew
Over fed and exhausted, the three of us, settled in two aisle seats, and a window seat in the bulkhead of a Turkish Airlines flight departing from Istanbul destined for Atlanta. The hope of a vacant middle seat quickly dashed by an older woman traveling solo. Her disappointment was clear when she realized the middle
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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