For my first trip to California’s most famous wine region, I wanted a Napa Valley hotel that would give us easy access to interesting wineries…
View More A Charming Napa Valley Hotel — Rancho Caymus InnCategory: Food and Drink
A Butter Cookies Recipe with a Lemon Glaze
I have been looking for a butter cookies recipe that would offer me a bite of something new. When I found one that included a…
View More A Butter Cookies Recipe with a Lemon GlazeLemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Andy is a big fan of lemon poppy seed muffins. He used to say they were his favorite muffins, and they were a regular part…
View More Lemon Poppy Seed MuffinsParmesan Bread with Cracked Pepper Recipe
While my heart belongs to our go-to no-knead bread recipe, I’ll admit that a Parmesan bread with cracked black pepper recipe has been tempting me…
View More Parmesan Bread with Cracked Pepper RecipeBlueberry Lemon Bread Recipe
This week, I decided to test out a blueberry lemon bread recipe because we had leftover blueberries and homegrown Meyer lemons (our sapling out back…
View More Blueberry Lemon Bread RecipeGrowing Cherry Tomatoes in Containers
If you’ve been following our Home Grown exploits, you know that we started growing cherry tomatoes as part of our indoor container garden in August…
View More Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Containers5 Spring Dessert Recipes
What are your favorite spring dessert recipes? While we have some that make the all-time list, we are trying to tie our recipes to some…
View More 5 Spring Dessert RecipesGrowing Rosemary
We didn’t start out with the intention of growing rosemary, but (wow!) has it grown. The rosemary has grown in a pot indoors, in the…
View More Growing RosemaryTesting a Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe
I’ve always wanted to try a chocolate pound cake recipe because a) chocolate and b) it’s delicious when it is simple or has loads of…
View More Testing a Chocolate Pound Cake RecipeOur Favorite Avila Beach Cafe: Joe Mommas Coffee
We loved Joe Mommas Coffee when we last visited Avila Beach, so when we found out that the cafe had moved onto the rooftop deck…
View More Our Favorite Avila Beach Cafe: Joe Mommas Coffee