Wishes and Dishes

A cookie recipe two days in a row you ask?! Why yes I did, and it’s only because I love you all so much 🙂 And also because I have hardly posted any desserts lately and I am trying to make up for lost time.  Oh, and I believe every day should involve cookies, don’t […]

How was everyone’s weekend?  We had a wonderful weekend of hanging out with friends, visiting with my brother and sister-in-law who were here from Syracuse, seeing a minor league baseball game (hooray for my first baseball game of the summer!) and Mr. Wishes ran in his first Tough Mudder endurance race with some of his […]

 My fondness for sweets is well-documented on this blog, so I know a recipe that’s both sweet and adventurous is very much overdue.  After all, it’s been way too long since I’ve posted something sinful and I’m finally delivering!  Mr. Wishes is partipating in his first Tough Mudder race this coming Sunday and I have joined […]

  Summer is the time to experiment with different seasonal salsas. And why not take advantage of all of the juicy ripe fruit in season right now?  Chips and salsa or chips and guacamole are my go-to appetizer when the weather is hot.  We eat them constantly!  You have likely seen mango salsa here and […]

For someone who grew up in the north east, I tend to embrace most things Southern (especially country music)… and, to me, nothing epitomizes Southern grace and charm quite like Savannah, GA. My husband and I were heading to Georgia for a friend’s wedding back in May (yes, I’m a little late with this post!) […]

Well it’s currently 372 degrees in my house because the air conditioner decided to break this week.  If I had to pick a week for it to break, I guess this was a good one with it being in the mid 90’s all week and over 100 degrees with the heat index….oh, and extremely high […]