Posts Categorized: Dessert

A Picnic Primer + Oatmeal Pecan Cookies

On a recent trip to Charlotte, North Carolina I had the pleasure of sitting down to a picnic while learning the origins of informally dining outdoors and the proper picnic etiquette. We sipped chilled white wine; crisp and light, in the humid heat of the south while our instructor, Carl Libonati (the etiquette guru at… Read more »

Watermelon and Peach Fresh Fruit Cake

The passing of May marks the end of birthday season for us. There was parties, way too much sugar, new photos taken and time spent in the memories of the old ones. And there’s reflection. “You’ve been a mom for 8 years!” Someone reminded me when I told them how old Baron is. Eight. Years. I want so badly… Read more »