Happy 4th of July! Here is the Liberty Bell March played at a concert in Germany.
Happy 4th of July
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Hot Cross Buns
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My mother’s recipe, adapted from 1973 flour bag recipe. Ingredients 1 pkg. yeast 1⁄2 c. warm water 1⁄2 c. sugar 1⁄4 c. shortening 1 c. hot milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 tsp. cinnamon 1⁄2 tsp. ground allspice 1 1⁄2 tsp. salt 1 c. currents or raisins 1⁄2 c. citron or candied lemon chunks 5 c. […]
Carole’s Wood Oven Pizza Crust
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Somehow, I’ve never got pizza crust down, and I appreciate visiting friends who do! This is from Carole Hibbeln in Silver Spring, MD Ingredients 4 cups of flour 1 tsp of salt 1 cup of water 2 tsp of sugar 1 packet of yeast 4 tbsp of parmesan cheese 3 tbsp of olive oil Instructions […]
CA Tour & Whale Watching
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It was great to see so many friends in California! Thanks to everyone! Enjoyed watching the whales off the coast of Long Beach, just before the concert. The grey whale did a beautiful dive, but the shutter on the camera just missed it. Fill in with imagination. The theater where I played that night is […]
Finnish Pinwheel Christmas Tarts
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Pinwheel tarts have been a favorite Finnish holiday tradition in my home ever since I remember. They take some time to put together, and I remember helping my mother fold the pinwheel shapes when I was a very little girl, as my niece and nephew now do. They are surprisingly delicious. The recipe supplied by my great aunt, Saima […]
Calvados-Laced Squash Soup with Cinnamon and Bay Leaves
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Here’s one that’s too time consuming for me, but if you’d like to make it and serve it sometime, I’d be ever so grateful! Ingredients 2 tbs unsalted butter 2 onions chopped 2 cinnamon sticks broken in half 2 bay leaves broken in half 1 tsp coarse salt 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 cup […]
Cranberry / Kumquat Sauce
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(Submitted by Anne Roos, passed along to her by her friend Sally.) Ingredients 2 bags cranberries 9 oz kumquats trimmed and quartered lengthwise (1 1/2 C) 1 C sugar (lowered from 1 1/2 in original recipe) 2 T finely chopped and peeled fresh ginger root 2 whole star anis 1/4 teasp. salt Instructions Stir together […]
Savory Crepe Trio
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When I was in Brittany, France I couldn’t get enough of their delicious savory crepes, or “gallettes.” I would go to a creperie every meal if possible, and often peek in the kitchen to see how the cooks made the crepes. When I returned to the USA, I still made them at home and at […]
Cool Cauliflower with Citrus Cream
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The crowning touch of my BBQ after All Star Guitar Night was a salad my friend Anne Roos brought. This recipe won first place on WDCB radio’s Folktastic recipe contest! Ingredients 1 head of cauliflower divided into bite size pieces Marinade: 2 tbsp. tarragon or white wine vinegar 3 to 5 tbsp. canola or light […]
Serenading fawn in garden
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I sat on my front step and played lullabies to this little fawn who sat down in the grass to listen: Here is also a video of a Fawn and in my garden greeting each other: