miscellaneous

A mishmash of pieces. The cat is a salt (pepper?) shaker by Hornsea. The tray (with its abstract depictions of San Francisco landmarks) is by Couroc. And the children’s book “ik en koen” is written in Dutch. Too bad I can’t read (or speak, for that matter) Dutch. I had quite a busy (exhausting) weekend. […]

I was trying to find a use for the buttermilk I had left over from making these biscuits when I just happened to find a recipe for buttermilk pie in the September 2008 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. I made it and topped it with my strawberry-rhubarb jam. The pie is delicious – like

I found this while thrifting yesterday, intending to sell it in my vintage shop. But it just looks so good sitting on my work table, holding my sewing supplies, that I can’t bear to part with it. It’s this crazy marigold and goldenrod color with a clear, vinyl tab. The bottom has a “Made in

I was feeling kind of silly for not having a good biscuit recipe. I mean, what kind of self-respecting black girl doesn’t have a working biscuit recipe in her repertoire? My friend Rose, who knew nothing of my despair, asked me the other day if I had a biscuit recipe, then offered me hers when
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