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Crumpets

Crumpets

Crumpets are one of my favorite tea accompaniments – well toasted and spread with lots of good butter. There are places to purchase them in the US, but so far none have quite meet my expectations. Fortunately, they are not that difficult to make at 

Lavender Biscotti

Lavender Biscotti

Lavender is one of my favorite flowers. We have a row of lavender along the walkway to our house where the plants will catch plenty of afternoon sunshine and a few individual plants scattered in other sunny spots. We grow two varieties of English Lavender, 

Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate Pudding

One of the first things I was tasked with ‘cooking’ was chocolate pudding from a box. I don’t know how old I was – I just remember feeling really put out at how much stirring was involved. Eventually I graduated to making pudding from scratch 

Homemade Vanilla Extract

Homemade Vanilla Extract

During one long ago shopping trip, I found a ‘kit’ for making vanilla. I was used to making all kinds of things myself, but until then vanilla was not something I had considered. Intrigued, I bought said ‘kit’ – which was just a stoppered bottle