ByVickieDe
The custom of eating shortbread at New Year has its origins in the ancient pagan Yule Cakes, which symbolize the sun. Scottish shortbread is a traditional offering to “first footers” and others on New Year’s Day.
ByVickieDe
Molasses cookies are a quintessential American cookie, thought to have originated in New England. Often confused with Gingerbread cookies because both cookies use the warm winter spices of ginger, cinnamon, cloves, etc.
ByVickieDe
This recipe was handed down in our family from my Great Aunt Maxine. It may have actually come from her mother, my great-grandma Chapin; that is where most of the family’s recipes drifted down from. But when Grandma wrote it down for me, she attributed this recipe to her sister Maxine.
ByVickieDe
A Panama Canal Cruise is often on the bucket list for cruisers as it was for us. The “ports of call” on this type of cruise itinerary are typically sunny, beachy destinations in Mexico and South and Central America. But that’s not why we chose this cruise. We chose a full transit Panama Canal Cruise because we wanted to transit the Panama Canal.
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I’ve been up and down the middle of California more times than I ever thought I would. From this experience, I choose to drive the 101 from San Francisco to Los Angeles whenever possible. Try it the next time you are making this journey, and let me know if you feel the same.
ByVickieDe
There are so many ways you can serve up mushrooms in cream sauce: for example, used as a topping for your grilled chicken or steak really dresses up the meal.