Snapshot: Champagne Tasting

Champagne tasting with my Valentine and friends at The Capital Hotel in Little Rock on February 14, 2015. (So glad I’m not in charge of washing stemware.) Sometimes the photo is the story.

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The riot of color in this voluptuous bouquet from my Valentine, via About Vase in Little Rock ♦ ♦ ♦ This quote, transcribed on an index card and tacked to the bulletin board in my home office, where I can see it any time a new catalog from Williams-Sonoma tempts me to go online and put stuff…

Swoon-worthy Brownies

It’s Valentine’s Day. If chocolate is the currency, these brownies are worth a million bucks. Cheers to love! The Best Fudge Brownies Ever, adapted slightly from a recipe printed on a bag of all-purpose flour made by the King Arthur Flour Company, Inc., of Norwich, Vermont, America’s oldest flour company. 1 cup (8 ounces) unsalted…