Food & Drink
Chestnut Soup
Stirring it up! Chestnut soup, sound interesting? Many years ago at Christmas time, I indulged in a time honoured, cold weather classic, chestnuts roasted on an open fire from a street
December 25, 2012
Vermont Journal
From the B&B and around Vermont
Food & Drink
Time to Retire Bottled Water? Yes!
Some facts to ponder: Bottled water costs the eager buyer up to 10,000 as much as tap water. We are shipping 1 billion water bottles a week around the U.S.
December 8, 2012
Food & Drink
Bird Seed Granola
Stirring it up! Birdseed Granola. This past week breakfasts were gluten, soy, lactose and pork free. Wanting to increase my repertoire for such recipes, I searched the internet for something
August 25, 2012
Attractions & Events
Cheese Tour: Visit up to 15 Wonderful Vermont Cheesemakers
Guests Laurent and Julia created this list of some of the excellent Vermont Cheese makers–and they visited many of them as you will see from their comments! If you like
July 30, 2012
Food & Drink
Ginger Cookies – #1 Soft and Delicious Cookie
Stirring it up! Ginger Cookies. While cleaning rooms one day I clicked on the TV and found The Barefoot Contessa featuring a batch of the Ultimate Ginger Cookie. They looked absolutely
June 29, 2012
Food & Drink
Pecan Snowballs
Pecan Snowballs Stirring it up! Special baked goods play a key role in many of the winter holidays whether it be Christmas, Chanukka, Pancha Ganapati, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year or
December 8, 2011
Food & Drink
Cinnamon Crumb Cake
Stirring it up! When you prepare breakfast for overnight guests, or you invite friends to stop by for a visit, it’s always nice to offer them a home-made treat. A perfect
November 13, 2011
Food & Drink
Step-by-step: How to make a proper cup of tea!
A proper cup of tea! There are innumerable places in which you will find directions on how to make the perfect cuppa’. In The Afternoon Tea Book, chef, broadcaster, lecturer, author, and
August 6, 2011
Food & Drink
Scrumptious Curried Fruit Sauce
Stirring it up! This scrumptious sauce helps with unexpected guests for dinner! This quick curried fruit sauce has come to my rescue more than once. Good on a variety of
April 26, 2011
Food & Drink
Tea Primer
When we moved to Texas from Canada, two new friends, knowing of our Canadian & Scottish backgrounds, offered us tea – cups with water heated (not to boiling) in the microwave
April 23, 2011
