Soul Cakes and Charles Addams for All Hallows Eve

I fell in love with  Chas Addams   books  the first time I saw them in a bookstore.  I was 8.  This might be considered odd since the origi...

The Bialy and Pletzel

Have you ever heard of a bialy (or pletzel for that matter)???  Everyone knows bagels, but bialys… not so much (aside from Mel Brooks hangin...

The Penny Lick and Pomegranate Rose Ice Cream

Happy accidents often occur to Antique browsers like myself.  Whilst looking for something else, a new item will cross my path and bid me to...

Cimmerian Shade Cocktail

Cim·me·ri·an  [si-meer-ee-uhn] –adjective 1. Classical Mythology of, pertaining to, or suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in p...

Ireland's Corned and Spiced Beef

Whenever I think of Ireland, I think of the Book of Kells  (an illuminated Irish manuscript)  that captivated me when I was a kid... Book of...