Beef in Guinness Pot Pie
In the interest of recipe development it is pie month in our house. I love pastry in any form, sweet and savory which got me thinking about crafting a series of pie fillings in my Instant Pot.
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Musings about Bristol
Last week, I traveled “across the pond” to work with Jane in her new city, Bristol. Among our many activities: finalizing the designs for our newly re-branded spice blends; combing stores in the UK to find unique packaging ideas; pausing before lunch for an hour to …read more
Tomato & Red Lentil Curry Soup
In another Zen first, as I sit and type we are working live on our latest photo shoot across three time zones! Unusually, I am not on set for this round of production in Meg’s kitchen, where Kerri Sherman our beloved photographer landed at 10am Central …read more
Love of Self
With Valentine’s Day around the corner my mind keeps going to the word “love.” Most of us think of that word in relation to someone else: a spouse, child, parent and friend. Over the past two years I’ve reflected a lot on the importance of …read more
Creamy Herbed Dijon Portobello on Sourdough
Veganuary may well be a familiar bandwagon, and one which I have unashamedly jumped on this year. For a variety of personal health goals, and the wider issue of helping our planet I ditched meat and fish entirely, and sought dairy alternatives to bring you …read more
Velvety Butternut Squash, Cardamom, and Lime Soup
One of the challenges of our business is keeping up with a regular cadence on blog posts and new recipes. I have no problem in keeping the creative juices flowing in the kitchen, but however hard I try to carefully ring fence recipe testing time …read more
Reset
Definition : to set again or anew : to change the reading of often to zero For the past few years, each New Year’s day, my family of five along with my sister gather together over dinner reflecting on both the previous year and the …read more
Hibiscus Shrub Punch
New Year’s Eve has come around and I’m feeling ready to dash across the finish line and ditch the alcohol, not to mention the calories, for the next few weeks into 2019. To end the year on a healthier note we have a tangy spiritless, hibiscus …read more
Spiced Whiskey Sour
We’re bringing back cocktail hour with a delicious Spiced Whiskey Sour just in time for the holidays. It is said that our pallets change with age, possibly because of a decline in the number of taste buds we have. This may explain why in my …read more
The Art of the Craft Cocktail
As a child of the ‘60s, I remember with fondness my parents’ evening ritual – cocktail hour. My Dad would come home and sit in the kitchen with his gin giblet and share the highlights of his day. My mother would sit with him for …read more
Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie – The Ultimate Comfort Food
As we share our favorite “comfort” meals in celebrating Hygge – I wanted to share mine from an earlier post! Enjoy… When I first ventured into slow cooking I spent years cooking meals you expect from a slow cooker – beef stew, soup, chili…
Hygge
Hygge (/ˈhjuːɡə/ HEW-gə or /ˈhuːɡə/ HOO-gə) is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment.
