Strawberry Rhubarb White Wine Sangria

Dear Mother Nature, I’m not really sure what’s going on out there, but in case you forgot, it’s supposed to be spring. I was not supposed to wake up and see this. Yes, I realize that it’s upstate NY, and we usually have winter 9 months out of the year. But you see, you’ve spoiled us [...]

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Cake Vodka Martini

I hope you all had a very happy Easter! We definitely did, especially since we changed things up this year and instead of our traditional Easter dinner, we did it up Polish-style. We had fresh kielbasa and sauerkraut, my mother-in-law and I made pierogi using her family’s recipe, and my babcia, my mom, and my [...]

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Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

While we were in San Diego, I fell in love with a soup & salad bar called Souplantation. It was one of my favorite places to visit for lunch, and now that we’re back on the East coast, I find myself wishing the chain stretched just a little further to reach us (I think the [...]

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Shamrock Shakes

I’m not normally a huge fan of mint, but every spring when the Shamrock Shake advertisements begin flooding in, I find myself craving one. Fortunately, they are incredibly easy to whip up at home! I’ve provided a link to my homemade vanilla bean ice cream recipe in the ingredients list, but you can certainly substitute [...]

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Irish Coffee and Luck of the Irish

When we visited San Diego, I had a list of places I wanted to visit, and one of them was the Japanese Friendship Garden. In college, I did my Language Arts Concentration in the Japanese language, and so I thought it would be really neat to see a beautiful, Japanese-style garden. Not being used to the traffic, [...]

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