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Comfort Food for Chilly Days

 

 Comfort food makes you warm and fuzzy inside no matter what day it is, but on cold chilly days, it makes you especially warm and fuzzy. I like to get cozy with a bowl of creamy, roasted bell peppers & tomato soup with some salty, crispy cheese & bacon toast. […]

Holiday Entrée: Pork Wellington

 

 For my holiday feast, I made pork wellington; delicious pork tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto and buttery, flaky puff pastry. Christmas is over, but there’s still New Years coming up and this beautiful savory pie will be a perfect dish to celebrate your holiday dinner table. Tableware I love celebrating Christmas […]

Whole Wheat Orange Muffins

 

 I love winter for all sorts of reasons but one of the reasons why I love this time of year is because my navel orange tree gets full of ripe, juicy sweet oranges. I wanted to make some baked goodies with lots of oranges and decided on whole wheat orange […]

Chinese Tea Set & Pork Shumai

 

 I make pork shumai throughout the year, but when the weather gets cold, plate of steaming pork shumai taste especially good and comforting. I can have juicy plump pork shumai with veggies every week on cold winter days. Tableware When I was thinking of pork shumai, I thought of this […]

Tea Time with Pain d’ Epices

 

 For a lovely fall afternoon tea time, I wanted to make French spice bread again that I made long ago from a recipe I found in Saveur magazine. I made this back in college for bunch of friends around this time of year who really loved French food and I […]