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Stop your world in Saugatuck. Reconnect with your best friend. Take a sleigh ride over snowy fields, skate, sled, ski or snowshoe. Laugh a lot. Go wine, beer, olive oil tasting. Take a cooking class. Do a jazz marathon, train for 26 miles, or bike country roads. Immerse yourself in our galleries, shops, and spa treatments. Or, simply never leave The Inn. Make new memories. Wickwood --- |
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"And above all ... have a good time"
Julia Child
At Wickwood we celebrate food everyday. Now our passion is
cozy food ... Gooey Paninis, mesmerizing soups, cheese and chutney, Spicy
Grissini, French Press coffee, Bourbon Sticky Buns, Madeleines, and
cupcakes galore. Then there’s our chocolate obsession
RECIPES ... |
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Reasons To Celebrate "Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake."
Artisanal Chocolates and Caramel Popcorn. YES! Our pal, David Lebovitz formerly the pastry chef of Chez Panisse, who lives and loves chocolate in Paris has been raving about a chocolatier in Sacramento! “As good as Artisanal French Chocolates”, says he. We just had to taste these!! And of course, He’s quite right! Ginger Elizabeth chocolates are Simply fabulous. You must try the Caramelized Almonds covered in Bittersweet. And, then we remembered to tell you of our own nearby Patricia’s Chocolates. Equally fabulous. Of course there’s Valerie Confections in L.A., Michael Recchiuti in SF, And the we can’t-have-it in-the house-addictive Fancy’s Hazelnut -covered toffee. Then of Course there’s the – we Can’t-not-have-it-in-the house Caramel Corn From Carroll’s. We always have to have a bag, or a home is not a home. www.gingerelizabeth.com www.patriciaschocolates.com www.recchiuti.com www.valerieconfections.com www.maisonduchocolate.com www.fancyscandys.com www.carrollscorn.net |
The Rubinkam Gallery And
Joys of Life Adjacent, The Joys of Life
Gallery overflows with Artisanal gifts from around the world. Both are a
true delight.
Clint Eastwood surprises. But none more than he meditates twice a day and has for forty years. It seems to have served him well. Our 2010 Resolve! To slow down and find silence.
Cartoons all attributed to The New Yorker, January 18, 2010 “Try not to have a good
time ... this is supposed to be educational.”
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Time to Shop for Seeds There’s always optimism As we
plan the garden scan seed catalogues for “the sun will come up tomorrow.”
The proliferation of GMO’s Mandates that we must. Our best sources for
heirloom organic seeds and bulbs:
Get Smart 2010
Watch for New Fruits From our Fiftieth State Chefs and Farmers on The Big
Island of Hawaii are pushing the envelope growing exotic fruits from India
and South America. Watch for:
GMO Foods Vow to yourself to learn more about these. Know where they exist, what we (in the USA) can do about eliminating them and how to avoid them while they are here!!! Labeling laws exist in the EU, Japan, Australia and Even China, but not here. GMO's are 91% of our soy, 87% of cotton, 75% of canola and 73% of corn grown in the US according to the USDA. A recently released study (the first) in the International Journal of Biological Sciences announces that genetically modified foods cause organ damage in mice. Monsanto only tested their maize for 90 days before striving for world wide crop dominance. Amazing! The good news is that this
brings to light the potentially catastrophic consequences of
scientifically altered crops. The bad: it is difficult to completely avoid
GMO’s in the US. They are the foods we eat. Therefore, avoid packaged
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Food/Health News How to stay fit is less
confusing than ever. The sources we trust for news: |
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Come play in our wonderful village
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W I N T E R 2 0 1 0
Committed by Elizabeth Gilber. Very interesting. Expected to
dislike, instead enjoyed it. Just not “Eat, Pray and Love.” 
Julee and
Bill
