I'm certain the 25 pies entered into the third annual Outagamie County Fair pie contest came from a multitude of inspirations. There were sour cherry and apple pies made from grandmother's recipe, neatly scrawled on a stained recipe card. Nature inspired pies like Raspberry Rose and Apple Bud. However, I'm certain mine was the only [...]
Owing to its state slogan "land of 10,000 lakes", I never thought of Minneapolis as a river city. It always seemed like a lake kind of town. But, born, as it was, on both banks of the Mississippi, a river city it is, and I love the history of American river cities, possibly because I [...]
Although Molly B's name is no longer part of this blog, her presence definitely is. It wafts up the stairs of our house trailing delicious smells from the oven. It rests lightly on a new cutting board, patiently cooling while we stand near, forks at the ready, drooling. Molly has been home on winter break [...]
Midway through a particularly rebellious week for our household appliances, I am dunking a fresh blueberry scone into a hard-gotten mug of hot tea and thinking idly about the capricious nature of fate. Our wily vacuum cleaner suctioned up an unmentionable and earned itself a trip to the Appleton Vacuum Spa, a holistic retreat for [...]
We're midway through the week and already Molly has whipped up a batch of scones, a loaf of crusty white bread, a pan of chocolate macaroons, and a chicken picnic pie. It's Spring Bake with Molly B and I need to pump up my workouts or loosen my belt. A self-described "stress-baker", Molly also likes [...]