Bread Poha

That looks really tasty!

Purrsday Poetry: IN RESPECT OF CATS

Definitely respected!

The Winner Of The Holiday Giveaway

beautiful board

Farmers board

Thank you all for the sweet comments and entering this contest. Full Disclosure, I put the wrong photo up on my post, this is the board Michael made. It is a beautiful board, I have one and use it all the time to serve my rectangular tarts and for cheese and bread. It’s just gorgeous, thank you Michael for sharing your time and talent with us.

The winner of the giveaway is Lynn who has a wonderful and inspiring blog, Lynz Real Cooking, there are fantastic recipes and her stories of raising 9 children in the Middle East is absolutely amazing. Lynn, I am so happy that you won the board. I will send you an email.

But wait, the number 2 slot went to Teagan an incredible author and her blog Teagan’s Books is one of my favorite reads, although she will not get a cutting board…

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Turn Thanksgiving Leftovers Into Breakfast

Lovely way to use those left overs

Winter Solstice Brew

Looks good!

Infused liquors are great around the holidays, and require basically nothing more rigorous than a bit of chopping and some pouring.

This vanilla and citrus infused brandy will be perfect around the Yule fire, and will also make a killer sidecar.

Now, truth be told, I may have left this a bit too late this year. It needs 2 weeks of brewing, and then 1-3 weeks of mellowing after it’s strained. So, if you start now, it will be just about ready for Yule. But then again, it’s not like you won’t want to drink it after the holiday, because you will.

And did I mention how easy it is?

The ingredients

You’ll need a bottle of decent brandy. Don’t feel like you need to go crazy (probably won’t want to use a bottle of $80 cognac), but you’ll want something that’s fairly good quality because this isn’t like cooking. You’ll…

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