Napa Valley Wine Tasting #1: Elizabeth Spencer
We chose to make Elizabeth Spencer in Rutherford, California, our first stop on our Napa Valley wine tasting adventure because we had intriguing things about…
View More Napa Valley Wine Tasting #1: Elizabeth SpencerA Charming Napa Valley Hotel — Rancho Caymus Inn
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 InnFinally Friday
The last couple of weeks have been rough. I was going to share joyous (and so delicious) details about my first wine tasting trip to…
View More Finally FridayA 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 MuffinsHow to Save Water at Home
With another drought upon us in Southern California, we are looking at how to save water at home while still growing a garden. The first…
View More How to Save Water at HomeParmesan 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…
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