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If You Can’t Eat the Dish You Love, Love the Dish You Make!
My family has been struck with Heart Disease which has necessitated a rather slight change in meal prep for me. Typically, sodium has not been a nutrition factoid that I’ve dwelled on when choosing recipes to try or adapt, but… Continue reading
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Seize the Day!
New Year’s Day Pot ‘o Tea Typically, after a whirlwind of cooking and entertaining during the Season, my New Year’s Eve Celebration is fairly low-key. This year will only be slightly different in that due to an especially stressful week… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving at Vintage
The stone fireplace in the Great Room at Vintage This year marked thirty-three straight years of enjoying my Thanksgiving feast at Vintage and I can’t imagine a more lovely place to spend a holiday that is wholly based on preparing… Continue reading
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Online Art Exhibit: Edible Landscaped Splendor
As late autumn sets in and my flowers dwindle in the garden, it makes me want to take one last look at this past season when edibles and blooms collided. Please enjoy: Continue reading
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Wine about C-ville
This past weekend was my annual Fall Winery Mecca to Charlottesville Virginia. Whether it’s my husband or daughter (or anyone else for that matter) who ends up being my travel companion, there are a few rules I strictly enforce: 3… Continue reading
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DIY with Edibles
I’ve waited all summer season to write this post for here is where I’ll just scrape the surface of where Edible Gardening can take you in the creative realm. Better yet, everything I’ll share this evening is do-able without growing… Continue reading
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My favorite Gettysburg Address
I had totally planned that my next post would be about a Jimmy Buffet Concert Tailgate (you may recall, I posted about a Bruce Springsteen tailgate earlier). While I could go on and on about the tailgate itself, it wouldn’t… Continue reading
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Northern Neck Paradise
View from the Tides Inn Terrace I love my home. I even like my day job. I gotta tell you though, leaving the Tides Inn and the beautiful views like you see above is always gut wrenching for me. The… Continue reading
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Call Peppa
Just one of the lovely areas used for entertaining in the 1960s at the Glen Burnie House and Gardens http://themsv.org My long-awaited summer vacation had arrived. This year my husband and I decided to meander down south to our beloved… Continue reading
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Springfield Manor Revisited
Almost a year ago (July 13th to be exact) I wrote the post below after spending a lovely afternoon at the newly opened Springfield Manor Winery. While there, we learned that plans were made to put in a Distillery to compliment the Winery.… Continue reading
Musing About Eating and Boozing 