Maple Orange Dressing Recipe For Fall & Thanksgiving

This year we’re adding a Maple-Orange Vinaigrette recipe to our Thanksgiving tradition. We’ve typically used a classic Dijon vinaigrette with fresh herbs, but when we saw this recipe from the Wisconsin Cheese folks, we had to try it (and that was back in August!). We’ve made it numerous times since. The flavors are so spot-on…
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Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes: Tweaked Martini & French 75

[1] The Harvest Moon Martini adds some oloroso sherry—which provides nutty autumn notes—to the classic Martini recipe (photos #1, #2, #5 © Golden State Distillery). [2] The sparkling French 75 cocktail, gin-based with a fall garnish. [3] Gin is made from juniper berries plus botanicals (photo © Silk Road Spices). [4] Manzanilla olives stuffed with…
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It’s All About Bees! Honey~Luscious Flavored Honey Gifts

It’s All About Bees, a line of creamed honey, liquid honey, and honey-based condiments (BBQ and other sauces, fruit butters, jams, jellies, mustards, salsas, syrups) by third-generation beekeeper Wendy Fletcher. Her honey heritage dates to the 1930s when her grandfather kept bees in Homer, Nebraska. In the 1970s, the Fletchers started beekeeping full-time. Four families…
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