Infused Olive Oil
Olive oil is truly God’s gift to mankind. From skin care and hair products to being the absolute essential in fine cuisine, there is no better way to say you care than the gift of nature’s nectar of extravagance. And…
Category Food & Drink
Marionberry Jam Recipe
My husband, David’s number one, favorite jam is this Marionberry jam. The only thing he likes better is Cascade Berry jam, but Marionberry jam is just so, so good you can’t really think that anything could be better while you…
DIY Bird Feeder
Calling all bird lovers! Did you know that February is National Bird Feeding Month? To celebrate, I thought it would be fun to create a little DIY Bird Feeder tutorial. I remember making pinecone bird feeders in Girl Scouts when…
Gluten-Free Oven Fried Hot Wings
The other day Ritch, our lead web programmer at Evermine, told me that he cooks only one thing – hot wings! And if it were up to him, he’d eat them every Sunday during the football season, but sometimes his…
Heart Shortbread Cookies
These shortbread cookies are one of the easiest cookies to mix up. You can serve them as they are, a beautiful creamy golden color, with a sandy and crumbly taste like good Scottish shortbread ought to be. Or you can…
Homemade Fortune Cookies
The Chinese New Year, which is dictated by the lunar calendar, begins on the first full moon of every year. This year’s festivities start February 3, 2011, and mark the year of the Rabbit – one of the twelve animals…
Heart-Shaped Brownies
When I was a kid, one of my favorite holidays was Valentine’s Day. I used to spend hours working on Valentine’s cards for my classmates at school, paying extra attention to those meant for my closest friends. And while Valentine’s…
Simple Gifts: Roasted Nuts
It was a conversation with my 88-year-old mother, Barbara White, that generated the idea for a Simple Gifts series. Mom has always loved baking up a storm right before Christmas, making dozens of different kinds of cookies, then arranging them…
Homemade Macaroons
Coconut makes me think of the tropics and I know, when it’s cold outside, I love to daydream of sunny beaches and exotic foods. Bite into one of these coconut macaroons and let the taste of chocolate linger on your…
Tea For Two
Legend has it that the discovery of tea was made thousands of years ago by Confucius when he was in his garden one day and a tea leaf blew into his cup of hot water. Over the centuries since then,…
Russian Tea Cakes
These delicate little cookies are known all over the world. In addition to being call Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cakes, and Greek Kourambiethes, they are also known as Kipfel in Austria, Mandulas Kiflik in Bulgaria, Rohlichky in Ukraine, Polvorones…
Lilikoi Liqueur
One of our favorite places in the world is the island of Kauai, and it is on its southern tip that we like to stay, in Poipu, where the sun comes out often and bathes the beaches and ocean in…
Cilantro Fettucine
If you’ve ever been to Italy you know the magic of freshly made pasta, the foundation of Italian cuisine. This traditional Fettucine recipe breaks from convention with the addition of cilantro, which evokes the flavors of Latin America and goes…
Homemade Cookies
Every Christmas, my mom would prepare a cookie plate for everyone at our family get-together. I was only allowed to watch her bake when I was young, but as I grew older, more and more of the responsibilities were transferred…
Panforte
On our visit to Italy two years ago, my husband David and I spent some time in Tuscany, in an ancient hilltop town called Montalcino. We enjoyed several quiet mornings of cappuccino there, at a table on the sunny Piazza…
Vanilla Sugar
Vanilla sugar is one of my favorite things. The only problem is that it can be hard to find unless you shop gourmet grocery stores, and even then it is typically too expensive to justify the purchase. Luckily, there is…
Instant Oatmeal Mix
Every Christmas, our house is open to everyone who wants to come; family, friends, and neighbors are all invited. One of my favorite things to do for my guests is give everyone a little something to take home and enjoy…
Tom & Jerry Holiday Drink
The Tom & Jerry is a classic holiday drink who’s origins date back to the 1820’s. Don’t be fooled by the name, as the drink is not named after the famous cartoon cat and mouse. Mugs of this rich, warm…
Cold Season Care Package
‘Tis the season for coughs and sniffles! In fact, almost everyone I know seems to be ill or just recovering. Some don’t even have the opportunity to fully recuperate from one cold virus for a single week without catching another…
Homemade Pumpkin Loaf
Like most people, I purchase small pumpkins every October from local grocery stores or Farmer’s Markets. However, instead of carving them up and using them for Halloween decorations, I wait until the first of November to roast them in the…