Who doesn’t love popcorn? Well, you would really be in love with popcorn if you sampled some Poppin’ Off Gourmet Popcorn. We had such a good time trying different flavors of gourmet popcorn from Poppin’ Off. Mike and Liz Smith are the owners of this neat and fun pop up shop. In case you are not familiar with what a pop up shop is, it is a shop that doesn’t …
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May 9, 2018
With Spring finally arriving we wanted to share with you a favorite lemon pound cake recipe. The aroma as this cake bakes reminds you of warm, sunny days. It smells like summer in your kitchen with this cake baking! This recipe is adapted from a recipe that we found a couple of years ago in a Taste of Home Magazine. We made a couple of little changes to suit …
April 30, 2018
We had a really nice visit at Lunch at 4 W Main in Troy, OH. It sounds like this would be a great place to have lunch, but there is so much more to this establishment than just lunch! The whole concept of what they offer is so intriguing! Lunch at 4 W Main is a pop-up lunch spot and satellite kitchen. How unique! Lunch at 4 W Main just …
April 20, 2018
This visit would be a dream come true for any child! We got to go behind the scenes (or at least behind the counter) at Graeter’s Ice Cream in Beavercreek, OH. This was so much fun! Andy Brandell is the store manager at the Beavercreek, OH location and our host for the day! He gave us some great history and background information on Graeter’s Ice Cream. They were founded in …
April 11, 2018
This recipe is so amazing. The cookies are pretty and all crinkly on the top as well as tasting really good! Ingredients: 8 oz of chopped dark chocolate (do NOT use Baker’s Chocolate) 3 Tbsp butter 1/2 cup light brown sugar (lightly packed) 2 large eggs 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking soda optional: powdered sugar (topping) Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 F. Melt together the chocolate and …
April 9, 2018
Sydney and I had the most enjoyable and delicious visit to Six Hundred Downtown in Bellefontaine, OH. Six Hundred Downtown is the home of the “World Famous Brick Oven Pizza.” So what’s with their name? Six hundred degrees F is the starting point for baking their delicious pizzas. This is the temperature where perfection is baked! They bake their pizzas at nearly six hundred degrees and this creates the perfectly …
April 6, 2018
Do Sydney and I have a treat for you! We had the great fortune to get to meet and learn about Ashley’s Pastry Shop. What a great place! If pastries, donuts, cookies, cakes or bread are your thing then you are definitely going to want to visit here. Theresa Hammons and her husband, Greg, opened their doors in 1982 and have been going strong ever since. The Hammons named their …
March 31, 2018
Sydney and I had the most amazing opportunity to get a personal tour of Dorothy Lane Market in Oakwood, OH. The store director, Jerry Post, gave us the most wonderful tour. Jerry was so knowledgeable of both Dorothy Lane Market and the grocery industry. I don’t know how he did it, but he made grocery shopping fun and exciting! He has such passion and pride for this store. It is …
March 29, 2018
Growing up we always had a go-to recipe that we used for oatmeal cookies. It is a family favorite that we make all the time. It is so easy and my favorite thing is that there isn’t much clean up! Who doesn’t love that? 🙂 Ingredients: 1 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 2 well-beaten eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp salt …
March 19, 2018
While we were waiting for Bentley (our standard poodle) to get groomed the other day, we hung out at The Spotted Cow Coffee House. What a really neat place! We didn’t even know it existed until the other day. The special of the day was Belgium waffles. Oh my goodness, they looked amazing! I was good and didn’t get one, but had I seen them before ordering my latte…I might …
March 15, 2018
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