Picture-Perfect Meals

Chunky Chicken Waldorf Salad with Pecans and Grapes

2012-02-29T12:08:00.001-05:00

Flying the Coop: "Sins, like chickens, come home to roost." -Charles W. Chesnutt This is the story about how being polite can sometimes get you into trouble. Before we permanently moved from Nashville about six years ago, we made many weekend trips to oversee various work projects around the property, including our massive house renovation. We’d pack up the dogs and drive for

Classic French Onion Soup

2012-02-23T09:14:00.000-05:00

What a Crock: "Life is an onion and one peels it crying." -French Proverb Onion soup can be traced as far back as Roman times and was historically considered food for the poor--probably because this pungent underground bulb was abundant and easy to grow. But according to legend, when King Louis XV of France, famished after a late-night hunt, raided his pantry and found it

Mexican Hot Chocolate with Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows

2012-02-15T09:54:00.001-05:00

Marshmallow World: “It's a marshmallow world in the winter, when the snow comes to cover the ground. It's time for play, it's a whipped cream day. I wait for it the whole year round.” -1949 song by Sigman and DeRose Continued from The Winter House... Still motionless at our property's entrance and completely immersed in my recollection of that first summer visit to La

Snapshots: The Winter House

2012-02-10T10:05:00.001-05:00