Link to Appalachian Trail: Winding Stair Gap and Siler Bald

Appalachian Trail: Winding Stair Gap and Siler Bald

It may not seem that impressive from a photograph taken inside a moving vehicle, with a snapshot camera. However, the dense layers of fog rolling through the blue ridge mountains is certainly not something I see every morning as I drive to work!   This...

Link to White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Semla Cookies

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Semla Cookies

The French use it to fill croissants, the Chinese use it to make sweetheart cakes, and Swedish folk use it for their springtime pastry, Semla. Semla is basically a marriage of what we know as Bear Claws with Creme-Filled Donuts. The “it” I am referring...

Link to Off to Ireland: Colcannon and St. Patrick’s Day

Off to Ireland: Colcannon and St. Patrick’s Day

  Off to Ireland with a bite of history: Colcannon is originally an Irish dish of boiled potatoes and cabbage (or kale) mixed or mashed together. Colcannon comes from the Gaelic  “cal ceannann “, which literally means white-headed cabbage but  “- cannon” has been translated...