"Spicing Up the Holidays with Sarah" photos

The insanely talented Peggy of Peggy Wiltz Photography was at White Oaks the other day for our seminar, and sent us our first batch of pictures. The above one is my favorite; I feel very professional! Sarah (of HERBS by Sarah) was kind enough to share her audience, so we made one of my favorite holiday recipes: Real Peppermint & White Chocolate Bark...yum!

It was a great crowd, and a really fun experience!

Peggy's off touring with a ballet company now, but if you're looking for a great freelance photographer, check her out; I really like her work.

Nifty Things & Cards With Strings...

...that's what blogs are made of.

It occurs to me that I've got some long-overdue posting to catch up on - namely, from Montreal. This one, though comes from VT. My amazing friend Emily gave this to me - her man, Masa, found it in a museum shop, and I love it (though at the rate I'm traveling, I might run out of red string)!
Before I left Vermont, some friends took me on an edible tour of Montreal, from dim sum to chocolate crepes to Schwartz's smoked meats. Here's a taste of what we tried at Juliette et Chocolat:
Clockwise, from top to bottom: fresh fruit crepe with melted chocolate, "grandma's style" fair trade dark hot chocolate, and a chocolate shot. Not pictured: salty caramel brownie with white and milk chocolate chunks.
I know.
Lest that cup appear unremarkable:
It's not. That, my friends, is a Vessel of epically-proportioned goodness.
Do I look smirky? I feel smirky.
So smirky, in fact, that the next morning, as I sat licking my mental whiskers and hazily recovering (read: purring) from the previous day's gluttony, I decided to try and recreate the J&C salted caramel sauce. You know, the same way bloody maries are good for hang-overs?
Don't judge.
Anyway, the result was pretty darn tasty, which is why a couple of weeks later you got this post. I'm a little obsessed.