Post Update – The Random Number Generator winner of The Hip Hostess Apron giveaway is…. Melissa from Baking for the Boys. Congrats, Melissa! I hope you love your apron as much as I love mine! When I was little, my parents called my Grubby Gert. I came by that nickname quite honestly, from what I’ve [...]
Culinary Snapshot – $50 CB2 Gift Card Giveaway
All the Ask a Blogger talk of hosting a giveaway reminded me that it is time for another participation giveaway over at Culinary Snapshot. Check it out and you could win a $50 Cb2 Gift Card (Crate and Barrel Outlet is Cb2)!
Singing Dog Vanilla Bean Paste Giveaway (Recipe – Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Bean Frosting)
I need to get one quick thing out of the way, and then on to the giveaway details! I want to give a special shout out to Amy from the blog, She Wears Many Hats. Amy created this gorgeous Clicks 4 a Cause button for me to use to raise money for my friend Ann. [...]
The Morning Glory Farm Cookbook Goes To…
Congrats to comment #154, Laura from First Class Panda (Great blog, by the way, Laura!). Random.org‘s random number generator chose Laura as the lucky winner of the Morning Glory Farm cookbook! If you weren’t the lucky winner, you can still head over to Amazon.com and get your own copy. It is a great cookbook to [...]
Morning Glory Farm Cookbook Giveaway (Recipe – Zucchini Bread)
Do you remember the cookbook, Table Talk, that I blogged and blogged and blogged about last summer? I love that cookbook… it is still on the top of the list of favorite cookbooks I own. I love the Table Talk cookbook because it tells a great story, has beautiful photos and every single recipe I’ve [...]
Win a Lasagna From Pizza Hut!
I have to start off my post today sharing some exciting news. I got a nice surprise the other morning when I looked at the Rachael Ray blog and discovered that Dine & Dish was on their short list of websites they love. It is included with a couple of my favorites like 101 Cookbooks [...]
No Stress Basic Quiche (and a Pillsbury gift basket giveaway!)
I know a lot of people who are stressing out about all they need to do before Christmas arrives. I have never been one to get too worked up about things. I plan ahead, but admittedly am a last minute doer. Still, I try not to let things like hosting big dinner parties or having [...]
Organized Chaos (a Giveaway and Cinnamon Raisin Bread)
If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you have probably figured out that I can be a little bit scatterbrained. I am what I like to call organized in a very chaotic way. I have a very deep desire to find my inner organized self. I know she’s in there… she used to [...]
A Fish Family
I do not remember ever having a meal at home that included seafood when I was growing up. My mom made a lot of delicious meals, but I never recall having shrimp, salmon, cod… any of that. My husband, growing up on a cattle farm, was the same way. Everything was meat and potatoes. He [...]






