Well, it’s that time of year again – Holiday Bakery Week! This morning I brought home 8lbs of butter, 10lbs of sugar, 15lbs of flour, and 6 dozen eggs from the market. I am not kidding you when I tell you it is likely I’ll run out of supplies by midweek. I’ve said this time and time again, but for one week a year my ‘ABCD’ initials officially stand for Amy Bakes Cookie Dough. All of this Christmas Cookie baking is in preparation for our annual St. Lucia’s Day/Winter Solstice Party. St. Lucia’s Day is traditionally celebrated on the 13th of December, so I always schedule our party on the weekend that falls in mid-December. I love the idea of throwing a celebration on one of the the darkest, shortest days of the year – it’s so optimistic to think about how the days will only get lighter and brighter from here on out until Spring arrives!

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As a part of the great post-Thanksgiving weekend Refrigerator clean out of 2013, I was reminded that I neglected to put the sausage I purchased last Wednesday in the stuffing that I made on Thursday. I knew I was omitting it when I made the stuffing – my sister leans towards being a vegetarian, and […]

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It’s that time of year when our postbox is brimming with holiday catalogs. I usually move them right from the mailbox straight into the recycling basket without a second thought. This most recent time that I fetched the mail The Field caught my eye – not only because they are based out of Duchess County […]

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Ah see? Suddenly talking about what our Thanksgiving was like seems completely in the past and off-season. But before I move full-steam ahead with Christmas, there are a few things that I want to share about our Thanksgiving, turkey and leftovers. First off, I found 8 vintage Splatterware enamel rimmed-dishes while out shopping with my sister […]

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Brandon from D’Scoop -AKA DCoopMedia who has a luxury e-zine launching next month- has asked me to be the Holiday Hostess on the #DesignLux Twitter chat this Thursday, December 5th at 4pm EST. Simply pour a cup of hot cocoa (or boozy eggnog if you wish) and log into Twitter at 4pm. Don’t forget to use […]

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