Entries Tagged as ‘food’

3 September, 2009

Wisconsin Reflections

Red Wing Black Birds in the back yard.

Chocolate Kopp’s Custard, YUMMY YUM YUM!

Goofing off with my cousin’s wife at the Sow’s Ear, always fun!

A good brew at the Great Dane, WOOF! This is the Stone of Scone Scott’s Ale.

Antique hunting in Cedarburg, always fun.

Wild flowers and open fields.

A wonderfully sweet wedding.

And of course a smiling [...]

6 July, 2009

Our Mushroom Farm

About as local as it gets. To grow your own mushrooms check out Far West Fungi.

15 June, 2009

WW Knit in Public Day 2009

This Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day. The Berkley Knitters made a good show of it and we headed out to a local park to enjoy the sunshine (although we all forgot sunscreen and ended up a bit pink).

There was a great spread with chocolate chip cookies, couscous salad, brie, baguette, tomatoes, cherries, [...]

25 May, 2009

A Taste of Summer

Come on over to Put the Tea Kettle On for the full recipe for Rhubarb Ginger Cream Pie.

20 May, 2009

Grand Opening of Put the Tea Kettle On!

We are excited to announce a new joint venture blog, Put the Tea Kettle On. My friend Libby and I have decided that we needed a proper place to detail our tea drinking expliots for our amusement and yours. We will both be posting about tea, food, tea cozies and anything tea related. There will [...]

12 May, 2009

Whole Earth Festival 2009

We started with the first cherries of the season at the farmer’s market.  We bought a big bag and munched on them all day in the warm sun.

There was music and dancing on the quad, we crashed on a blanket and ate more cherries and shared Carrie’s garlic fries.

There were booths with clothes of all [...]

6 March, 2009

A Tea Adventure at SweeTea’s

I must admit, as much as I love tea I had never gone to an English style tea shop, until last weekend. My friend Libby also shares my love of tea and last weekend she took me out for brunch at a tea shop in San Mateo called SweeTea’s. Libby had been given a gift [...]

26 January, 2009

Where I get my tea

A lot of my friends ask me where I get my tea and what brands I like, and it is the topic for last weeks blog-a-long, I’m a bit behind. For the most part a lot of my tea just comes from the grocery store. But there are a couple tea shops I go to [...]

14 January, 2009

My Favorite Cuppa

This weeks topic for the Hot Tea Blog-a-long is your favorite cup of tea. This is a hard question because, well I don’t really have just one. I will therefore give you my general favorites.
My everyday favorite cuppa is a good strong brew of  an English Breakfast tea such as Yorkshire Gold with a splash [...]

9 January, 2009

Impacted

Help! I need soft food ideas, quick! I am 95% sure my wisdom tooth is impacted and they are going to pull it out tomorrow. Any ideas besides yogurt, juice, and soup? Any great widsom teeth stories? The last time I had a tooth out I was about 9-10 years old and all I remember [...]