Category: Kathleen’s Blog

​January is National Soup Month, Slow Cooker Month, Sunday Supper Month, Oatmeal Month and Hot Tea Month. I approve of all of these. In the

​Miss Gracie decorating for the holidays. Photo courtesy of Suzi Ho, ho, ho! How do we have the best possible Christmas without going insane? How

  Though we love hosting afternoon teas in all seasons, our fall tea is very close to our hearts. After the scorching summer is over,

  The long, hot summer is finally over. We can bake with abandon. It’s brisk in the early mornings and you can wear a cozy

  ​Not often, but every now and then, you walk into a place which is perfect, that is not trying too hard, that is not

  Cake is expected to do many jobs, fill many roles. Cakes make happy people happier. Cakes make sad people feel better. We celebrate with

  ​I love fruit desserts: nine times out of ten I will be baking a cobbler, fruit upside down cake, or pie with seasonal fruit.

After a big tea party, when we are washing up mountains of dishes, repacking box after box which we will have to lug to the

  ​Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a mystical place called 1950’s America. Dwelling in this bountiful land were beings called

  ​This April we have another concert reception coming up for Hidden Valley String Orchestra. We had so much fun catering the afternoon tea reception