Tea & Smoke

As we lean into winter, try this soothing nighttime mocktail in honor of Dry January. It's a perfect way to wind down at the end of the day. Ingredients: 1 cup brewed chamomile tea, cooled Fresh lemon juice, to taste Your favorite sparkling water (I like it with berry flavor), a generous splash Optional: maple syrup to sweeten Directions: Brew chamomile tea and cool slightly. You could even make it ahead and keep some in the fridge. To serve, fill a glass 2/3 with chamomile t

This cookie is a holiday-time tradition, but great all year long. And, it's actually more American than apple pie. (Ahem ~ The earliest recorded apple pie recipe appeared in an English cookbook in 1381!) The sugar cookie as we know it is genuinely American, created in the 1700s by Moravian settlers in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, who baked simple “Nazareth Sugar Cookies” from flour, sugar, butter, and eggs and shaped them with cutters. While older European cookies, like German Spr

I'm a non-drinker, but Cabernet Jelly has been one of my holiday traditions for years. I love the tart taste of dry wines, so this jelly...

Wassail is a word with much history and many meanings. It dates back to times BC and probably originated in Britain. The word wassail...