From the time Erin was small we have enjoyed special times together.  She loves tea in all of its forms more than I do and if I want to particularly bless her a quick trip to Teavana with do it…or a click to Adagio. Or… When we had the tearoom Erin was invaluable to me for her creative input.  SHe has an incredibel eye for the creative details and we created some tiered tea services that were not only droolworthy but perfect for the cover of  Tea Time magazine.
Sadly the antique tiered dishes are gone with the tea room and …read more

 
Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours!
I tried a new technique for roasting the turkey that I am really happy with… I will be sharing later this week.  The turkey came out very tender, juicy..and yet the skin was well browned and crispy…perfect! Glazed it with maple.
Have a great day!
Image:Marye Audet 

 
I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is a mere two weeks away. It is going to be fun this year because Erin and Jon (my daughter and son in law) and their kids will be here this year…but sad too, because Chris will be in Iraq still.  You  gotta feel sorry for the boy, here I am writing a food blog, publishing a cookbook…and the only thing I have sent him is colloidal silver, echinacea, and other herbs and natural medicines…LOL!
What is that quote about the cobbler’s kids not having shoes?

 
I looked at the calendar and I was amazed.
Oh my gosh! It will be Thanksgiving  in about a month!  I am usually so prepared but this year has absolutely been insane!

I know that I explained how to fix a turkey in this post, Thanksgiving Preparation but sometimes pictures are so much more easily followed. So, when I fixed the turkey for OUR Thanksgiving I took pictures. I did not use the exact ingredients as in the other post. This year I decided to season it with Herbs de Provence rather than the cranberry sauce, however the techniques pictured can be used with any recipe. Ready?

Step 1- after the bird is thawed take the neck and bag of giblets out of the abdominal cavity and the chest cavity. …read more

So before I hand over this incredible recipe, tell me, if you were replacing your computer would you go with a laptop or a full size and why?
  I am telling you, blogging at the library is getting old and I dislike not being able to post pictures  because I like to look at pictures on blogs, myself. Plus, I am getting jealous of all Aisa’a yummy pictures sitting there on her posts tempting me to break my diet.    Ijust am trying to decide,I am leaning toward a laptop but I have 6 kids remaining at home that are …read more