I don’t know.  It seems to me that we looks for any excuse for a celebratory dinner these days.  Not a bad idea really! I can remember ..you know, back in the horse and dinosaur days, when Cinco de Mayo was the fifth of May.  Now, the Hispanic areas of town celebrated, yeah they did.  But the mostly Anglo suburbs? We pretty much stuck with out pot r0ast and apple pie.

At some point in the late 1980s Cinco de Mayo began to take off a bit and now I think they celebrate it everywhere.  In fact, Marc and I were …read more

 
I admit that when Marc and I have our coffee date at our STILL IN BUSINESS local Starbucks we almost always order the same thing….
Caramel Macchiato Venti Extra Whipped. It is like a signature perfume for me.

When I was growing up on the East Coast, Dunkin Donuts was a weekly ritual for my dad and I…one of many. Back then you went to Dunkin Donuts for some awesome fried dough, and the coffee was incidental.
When we moved to Texas in 1971 Dunkin Donuts was not even a rumor. There was Winchells Donuts, and even Lone Star Donuts…

I love Milky Way candy bars. I love the creaminess of the chocolate, the caramel and the sweetness of the nougat. They are a comfort food for me, I don’t have them often but I do get them once in awhile.
I was joyous, exhilarated, keen with excitement even, to discover one day at the tea room that I could make Milky Way Lattes. Yeah. Imagine getting your mouth around a delicious gulp of that, hmmm?

I know I said I was going to do this awhile ago..but I needed to test taste some more!! That and I forgot.If you want some thing really sweet this is it. It is definitely a dessert drink and for me, anyway, a venti is too much.Ghiridelli has white chocolate syrup in a big pump bottle, and sometimes you can get it online but if you don’t want to commit to that then just use a good quality white chocolate.Brew some good, strong coffee.
Whip heavy cream to soft peaks. Add sugar to taste and 1/2 tsp vanilla. …read more