The name Summer Breeze came about after my brother and his family came to visit last summer and we went blueberry picking at the Dexter Blueberry Farm. My brother kept calling them bluebreeze so the name kind of stuck. The photo below is my nephew, Theo, showing me the berries he had picked. Since […]
It’s not surprising, but this week is National Egg Salad Week. I assume due to the fact that fridges all across the country contain a dozen or two hard-boiled, brightly-colored eggs. I actually dyed some eggs this year as well. I saw an article on AnnArbor.com about dying eggs with natural colorants. I thought the […]
I figured, since I’ve lived in Michigan for 8 years now, it was about time I tried a paczki and, after being open for 18 years, Zingerman’s Bakehouse figured it was time for them to start making them. That’s what I call a match made in heaven! Paczki (pronounced POONCH-key) are a traditional Polish treat eaten […]
No, I am not obsessed with PB&J, but, as an interesting segue from my last post, my mother just happened to send us a recipe for oatmeal peanut butter and jelly cookies. This recipe was a finalist in the Pillsbury Bake-Off contest many years ago. It was developed by Mrs. Jacqueline Concannon from my hometown of […]
