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Brown Butter Biscotti and a Festive Drink

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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Biscotti with Candy Cane Coffee |My Edible Journey

It’s gotten cold.  Winter began creeping in a week or so ago.  And with it, that dull light that is the bane of food bloggers.  Hence the photo quality.  Would it be weird to ask for pieces of white and black foam board for Christmas?

Then it snowed.  It was so unexpected that the kids didn’t even have boots.  We haven’t gotten snow like this in November in….  Well, I don’t remember.  Not in the past few years, anyway.  I’d already given up pining for it when it arrived.  And it brought with it a very festive spark. Continue reading →

Easing into the season

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And now, on to Christmas…

Well, not exactly.  It’s just a tick early, even for me, to start Christmas full on.  We did put up our outdoor lights this weekend, but that was more about grasping an opportunity during some very balmy weather than about getting festive.  They won’t be turned on for a couple of weeks.

Where my heart is at right now is easing into it all.  Autumn is still here (well, today feels like spring, but that’s beside the point).  The trees are pretty bare now, though.  There hasn’t been snow yet (to be fair, there was none last year at all).  But it’s there, just on the horizon (I hope).  With red and green and jingling bells and parties and Advent readings and baking. Continue reading →