I had to go to three different stores today to find candied fruitcake fruit.   The first two stores only had individual packaging. I could get a half-pint of red cherries, or of green cherries, or yellow citron, or… but no mixed packs of, you know, Fruitcake Fruit.   I finally found some at Central… Continue reading

My favorite Fall cookie. Only 2 ingredients (unless you want to get creative.) #AllThingsPumpkin   2 boxes spice cake mix (e.g Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe) or follow a recipe for homemade spice cake mix, just the dry ingredients 1 15 oz can pumpkin Optional: 12 to 16 oz chocolate chips 1 to 2 c chopped… Continue reading

I love tea. I discovered tea when I was 10 or 12 years old and my grandmother gifted me a sampler set of Twining loose leaf teas: Earl Gray, Darjeeling, Pince of Wales, and English Breakfast – for my birthday. Before that, I'd drunk plenty of Liptons.  We were a family that went through gallons of… Continue reading