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Tea & Toast. It’s One Of Those Days

wuyi

Sometimes you just don’t need a recipe to know what your body craves. This is one of those days, because it’s chilly and rainy and I have a bad cold. One of those I don’t want to do anything at all kind of colds. I have been battling it for 5 days. It started typically more »

Shumai On The Fly, Oh My!

shumaifly

Entertaining is fun. If I were to give you one piece of advice for stress free party planning I would say, “make like a Boy Scout and BE PREPARED”. The best way to be prepared is to spend a lot of time preparing. But what if that’s just not possible? Can a person be prepared more »

Hey New Orleans, What the Heck is a Sazerac?

herbsain

Laissez les bons temps rouler! That’s the official saying of Mardi Gras and a great way to get the party ball “rolling”. Particularly since we are celebrating Mardi Gras this week. So raise a glass and join me in a hearty “Cheers”! In this case the glass I am raising contains a very purposefully chosen more »

Savorie Le Palmier a Memoire

Savory Palmier

Occasionally I do a post here that falls under the category Tidbits & Noshy Things– because everyone knows you can’t drink on an empty stomach. This is one of those posts, and it starts with a question. Have you ever been to Paris? One of my greatest associations with that great city is the great more »