Ever seen the movie Big Night? You know the part when they light the little bits of paper on fire that then float up in bright green flames? Yeah, you can do that at home, too.
Start a new holiday tradition of your own with these Lazzaroni Amaretti di Saronno. Each pair of little dry, slightly […]

Had a rough day yesterday. Even though it was a rare snowy day in Seattle, it was as if–everywhere I turned–memories conspired against me. As you get older, the holidays become as much about celebrating family, as they do missing family. This year my Papa passed away and so the holidays and his birthday are […]

Last year at this time, it seemed that just about every other person that came into the shop asked for Ice Wine or wanted to talk about it. Did that translate into sales? Hell no. Became the nut in my holiday muffin, it did.
Obviously people were being inundated with the idea of Ice Wine, […]