Blizzard Hot Chocolate

Hello there, we are under a blizzard warning!  I love a good snow day.  Keith and I spent a bit of our morning shoveling some wet and heavy snow, one of my favorite activities (seriously).  After that we had a lovely breakfast of scrambled Windy Ridge eggs (we heard the chickens have been feasting on some Rush Creek [...]

Cocoa Coffee with Nick Ringelstetter

Two years ago at the Spring Green Art Fair, I remember being drawn to some really striking and imaginative paintings by local artist, Nick Ringelstetter.  I just knew I had to have one of his pieces someday.  Two years later while visiting with my friend Claire at the Johnston Gallery in Mineral Point, she informed me that [...]

A Toast to Mojitos

Last Saturday we stopped by the Spring Green Farmer’s Market at the Yellow Barn Farm booth to say hello to our friend Rebecca.  We bought a box of striped roma tomatoes to make our annual  tomato confit and she gave us a big bunch of mountain mint for free.  She suggested that we make some mojitos.  [...]

Spicy Hot Cocoa

Every year, my grandparents come over to America from the Philippines.  Besides looking forward to seeing them of course, I look forward to my pasalubong or present from back home.  My favorite is the chocolate.  They have about half a dozen cacao trees growing in the yard and they are always teeming with fruit.  My [...]