Wishes and Dishes

Well, we got back home to Rochester late Monday night and it’s back to the grind.  We had a great time in Georgia and our friend Steve’s wedding was a lot of fun.  We didn’t really luck out in the weather department and had a lot of wind, cloudy skies, and some rain, but we [...]

Happy almost Easter!  How was everyone’s weekend?  I had a very enjoyable and action-packed weekend.  I got invited to Perry’s ice cream factory in Akron, NY on Friday afternoon.  I got to have a grand tour of their plant and be a taste-tester for a day!  Mr. Wishes came as my special guest and we [...]

It’s almost Valentine’s Day already!  Just stroll through your local store and you will be blinded with the displays of pink.  I’m not gonna lie, I’m really not a huge fan of this holiday.  It’s no Christmas or Groundhog Day, after all! The only part I like about it is the excuse to eat copious [...]

  I can hardly believe how fast Christmas is approaching.  Only one week from today. I, like everyone else, am just so heartbroken and sick over what happened in Connecticut and have been praying for all the families affected by this tragedy that God and his loving army of angels will begin to heal their [...]

Behold one of the very best desserts to come out of my kitchen in 2012. Mandel bread (translated to “almond bread”) is a twice-baked hard bread, cut into cookies, that is very similar to Italian biscotti (which we all know and love).  It is a Jewish dessert that was very popular in Europe with the [...]

Is everyone ready for Christmas?  I am so behind this year it isn’t even funny!  Usually I’m ahead of the game, but this year I am practicing very poor time management skills.  My shopping isn’t even half done, I have no cookies made, and no menu for the Christmas dinner I will be hosting (my [...]

I can hardly handle that November is already here.  This year is going by way too fast.  How was everyone’s Halloween?  For the first time ever, I stayed home and handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters.  It was a lot of fun and nice to meet some of our new neighbors.  I was afraid I [...]

Happy Friday, everyone!  If you are still reading my blog after I talked about how much I’m looking forward to Christmas in my last post, then I thank you for sticking with me   If you didn’t already love me before, you might just love me now for this cookie recipe I’m sharing with you [...]