Tory & I always post our Christmas Cocktail the year after we make it. Why? Because it allows us to take pictures when we are actually enjoying the cocktail instead of premaking and staging it. This year, with COVID19 changing the way many of us are able to celebrate the holidays, preparing this post and…
Figgy Old Fashioned
Oh bring us a figgy old fashioned; Oh, bring us a figgy old fashioned; Oh, bring us a figgy old fashioned; it’s a cup of good cheer! It’s been quiet here on the blog lately – life kind of got in the way – but since Tory & I started talking about planning the Christmas…
Blackberry Champagne Christmas Sparkler
Tory and I decided it would be fun to make a traditional Christmas cocktail every year and post it on the blog. And since our approach to blogging is to post the things we actually make and eat – and not make holiday meals weeks early just so we can post them – this means…
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon meringue pie is a Forsman family favorite. So it was a no brainer to bring this pie to Thanksgiving dinner last week. One of my uncles even loves this pie so much that growing up he used to request lemon meringue pie as his birthday cake! This is the same recipe that my grandma…
Grandma’s Pie Crust
My parents own and operate a weekly advertising paper called The Ely Shopper. When I was little the paper would come off the press and need to be folded in half before it was delivered. We didn’t do this mechanically, we had a group of 6 Slovenian ladies, who were all in their 80s, who…
