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About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! And Happy May Day, a little early! I know it's a bit old-school, but I still have a calendar (a wall calendar) near my computer—the pretty kind that inspires all kinds of happy thoughts. When glancing at the end of April, it's hard to imagine May being days away. I think of brilliant red poppies in my father's garden, planted years ago and more prolific every May. I think of beautiful hats at the Kentucky Derby, tiny finger sandwiches,...

About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! I'm sipping my favorite "new" tea. It took me a while to acquire the taste, but now, it's delightful! If you love lavender, you might like Smith Teamaker Black Lavender. I hope you've had a fantastic week and tried something new—even if it takes you awhile to appreciate it! Not always is "new" fun, but oh my, how it enriches life! Speaking of new things that are fun, yesterday morning, I was in a meeting downtown Seattle at a culinary school...

About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! As you wrap up your week, I hope it's been a good one! I also hope you have big plans for the weekend—be it baking, visiting, shopping, or simply relaxing! Or maybe all of the above! That's what I have on tap this weekend, hopefully, all of the above, plus a quick tour of local tulip fields. It's the season, and I don't want to miss a second of it. Speaking of baking... So many of you are baking cookies this week, and I love that. Cookies...

About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! Have you recovered from the holidays? I have to admit, it's taken me a minute! Last weekend, my family gathered, indulged, cooked, roasted, basted, baked, hunted eggs, traversed back and forth from the airport, and then traveled some more. And cooked some more. While it was so incredibly wonderful... this week, I felt it! With a grande oat milk latte in hand and hours of travel ahead, my mind had time to dream and ponder new seasonal recipes...

About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! And Happy Easter! A U.S. National Forecast began this way: "Hunting for your Easter forecast? The tail end of this week will be wintry in the West and mostly sunny and warm in the East. Happy Easter." In other words... can I move to the East? Actually, for my part of the West, I'm seeing tapering rain and wind, giving way to perhaps a Sunday-perfect egg-hunting day. I hope you have Sunday-perfect egg hunting weather, delightfully memorable...

About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! And Happy Spring! It feels like the world is waking up, and all things are becoming bright, new... and beautiful! I hope you're enjoying the season in your neck of the woods! So many of you emailed me this week with questions and comments about St. Patrick's Day. It felt like we were celebrating it together, and that was a lot of fun! There is something about this season that puts me in a baking mood. I'm not sure if it's the blossoms...

About | Recipes | Menus | Tea | Shop Happy Friday! And happy St. Patrick's Day weekend! I hope you're planning to make some tasty treats and Irish-inspired food! I love weekend holidays. Somehow, it extends a one-day event into at least three (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). To which I will happily make all of our favorites. Beginning with a couple of batches of our favorite soda bread: Irish Soda Bread with Buttermilk & Raisins Traditional Brown Irish Soda Bread (for me 💚) We have several...