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With all of our six children home this past week, we’ve been doing a lot more cooking and baking. We found this recipe for Strawberry Hand Pies in the King Arthur Flour June catalog. (Request the catalog HERE) We didn’t have ClearJel —so we used 2 teaspoons of cornstarch mixed with a splash of water…
Art and more
On Saturday, my husband and I took a little jaunt to Cossettas Italian Market in downtown St. Paul to pick up a few supplies. When I unpacked my bag, I realized that these Italian tomatoes were yet another example of everyday art. Read more here and here… I love the bold colors… …and the graphic…
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While all my college daughters were home on break last week, we decided to try a new recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, The King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion. I have never made anything from this cookbook that I didn’t like… The recipe is nearly the same as the one found on their website…
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Art and more
Last week, as I was rushing through the aisles of Target, I found art in the most unexpected of places-in the canned soup aisle! In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first exhibition of Andy Warhol’s pop art, Campbell’s is selling tomato soup with Pop Art labels. Mr. Warhol was known for turning…
Design and more
Whenever I want to try a new technique or have an “orphan” block, I like to make what I call a vase quilt. This pattern is called Dresden Plate by Edyta Sitar. I liked the fall colors in the block, so I added a few simple borders–an opportunity to practice free motion quilting– and in…
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When you’re out and about today (jaunting?)…you may want to stop at the Farmers’ Market. Sadly, here in Minnesota, several of my favorite Farmers’ Markets are closing this week. Another sign that summer has ended…but, again fall has its own rewards…sweaters, apples, acorn squash and the ever-photogenic pumpkin! I can’t wait to put on my…
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I have had a taste for beets ever since I read here that the Hooley family was making pickled beets. I had my first beet five years ago in a restaurant salad and ever since…I’ve been hooked! I crave beets sometimes…I don’t know why…they must have something in them that my body needs? The beet…
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Over the weekend, my family and I took a little trek to LaCrosse, Wisconsin – a three-hour journey from Stillwater, Minnesota. We have friends there who left their corporate careers early, and started a vineyard in the beautiful LaCrosse Valley-a perfect climate for grapes. The vineyard has grown over the past five years, with hundreds…
