http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDQoWT7W5xg “Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we’ve got no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!! Oh, it doesn’t show signs of stopping And I’ve brought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let It Snow! Let…
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Christmas! Eat, Drink & Be Merry! Holiday Fare & Drink of Film & Song “Traditional Wassail”
“Love and joy come to you, and to you your wassail too…” Wassail (Old Norse “ves heil”, Old English was hál, literally ‘be you healthy’) is a beverage of hot mulled cider, traditionally drunk as an integral part of wassailing, a Medieval southern English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year….
Christmas; Eat Drink & Be Merry! Holiday Fare & Drink of Film & Song; Homemade Marshmallows!
“It’s a marshmallow world in the winter When the snow comes to cover the ground It’s the time for play, it’s a whipped cream day I wait for it the whole year round.” Homemade marshmallows? Yes! Are they worth the effort? Absolutely! Plus, they’re really not difficult to make—it’s not rocket science! The spongy, sweet…
Picture Perfect Pie: Crunchy Buttery Charleston Pecan
Pecan has always been a tremendous favorite of mine. I don’t need a holiday to make it, but Thanksgiving is when I find myself preparing it most. My go to recipe is one that I found many moons ago while dining at a, then popular, restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina called “Poogan’s Porch.” That night I…
Haunted Ginger Bread House with Template! Do You Dare??
While grave-digging recently, I came across this stunning, spooky beauty from Oh Sugar Events. Oh sure I could make one in time for Halloween and post it on Once Upon a Spice 😉 RIGHT! So instead, I decided to post the lovely images along with the template (at the bottom) for you–I dug long and deep…
Witches Brew; Give Us a Kiss My Lovely…
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble…” One almost cackles with glee upon simply seeing this steamy Witch’s Brew–a sugar high in liquid form. It’s fun, rich, chocolaty and kissed with orange essence. Full of sweet, spooky love and it tastes amazing!Ingredients: 2 shots of hot espresso 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup 1…
Trick or Treat! Decorate & Eat! “Candy Corn Creations”
Candy Corn Jello Shots Makes 20 shots Ingredients: 1 small box orange-flavored Jell-O (3 oz) 3 envelopes Knox unflavored gelatin 7 oz. sweetened condensed milk (1/2 of a 14 oz. can) 2 cups water 1 cup vanilla or cake vodka (more if you like your shots stronger) yellow food coloring tall shot glasses (I used these)…
Birthday Girls Don’t Cook…Unless They Want To :-) Just For Today The Kitchen is Closed
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of my wonderful friends in the blogosphere and social media forums for your amazing warmth, gracious likes, faithful follows and cherished comments. You are appreciated beyond words! Also, I am enormously humbled and grateful to the extreme talents who have nominated “Once Upon a Spice” for…
France: Food, Wine, Culture & Cooking
We are dedicating this week to enchanting, romantic and mesmerizing France. While my concentration will be on food and recipes, I found it fitting to first offer some interesting facts about “la République française.” Also known informally as “l’hexagone” (the hexagon) because of the general form of the country. To not only whet the palate,…
Southern Smothered Chicken Breasts with Onion Gravy & Food Facts of the Old South
This week’s recipes will be dedicated to the Rich South where regional cuisine developed local food supplies and blended with the varied cultural backgrounds of its cooks. The rural agricultural South produced vegetables, fruits, nuts, rice and corn. Game was plentiful: deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds and ducks of all kinds. Oysters, crabs, shrimp, saltwater and…
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