Inspired by Italy’s Lake District, Terralina Crafted Italian uses many locally sourced ingredients to create hearty, flavorful Italian cuisine.
The Cookbooks
The Vegetable Cookbook for People Who Hate Veggies
Become a veggie lover, not a veggie hater! The I Hate Vegetables Cookbook has all the fresh and easy vegetable recipes that will change your mind.
Fixin’ to Eat: Southern Cooking for the Southern at Heart
Add love to your Southern cooking, and you’ll be Fixin’ to Eat! New cookbook Fixin’ to Eat: Southern Cooking for the Southern at Heart is now available.
Looking Good
Put Some Color On: Clinique Chubby Stick Intense Curviest Caramel
Check out a swatch and a review of one of my favorite products, Clinique Chubby Stick Intense, in Curviest Caramel. It’s a gorgeous nude with just the right amount of color.
On the Road
Paddlefish Lunch at Disney Springs
We had lunch at the newly renovated Paddlefish restaurant at Disney Springs. Check out our amazing seafood tower, the beautiful setting, and the delicious desserts.
In the Garden
Epidendrum Radicans: The Easiest Orchid You’ve Never Heard Of
Epidendrum radicans, also known as reed-stem epidendrum or fire star orchid, is a beautiful, easy care orchid suitable for the ground or in a pot.
Favorite Recipes
Zucchini Spice Cake for #BundtaMonth
Can you remember when you first had a bundt cake? It was ages and ages ago for me (back when I was a kid). It was also one of the first cakes I ever baked. Back then it was with a cake mix specifically for a bundt pan. I remember going to the store with […]
Peanut Butter Pie
Dear Peanut Butter, I love you. XOXO, Renee. I will eat PB straight from the jar and a 100 other ways too. I am not the only one in my house who loves peanut butter. My husband is right there with me. The hounds come running when I open the jar. I even buy PB […]
Peppermint Cappuccino Cake for #BundtBakers
Peppermint goes with the holidays. Bright red and white striped candy canes are everywhere. They are hanging on trees, stuffed in stockings, and used in countless decorations. I wonder sometimes how mint became such a part of the season. Was it the color of the canes? Or the flavor to perk up cold winter days? […]
Pear Almond Cake
I was sitting on my den floor. Small recipe books were scattered all around. My mission was to find a recipe I thought was in one of those books. It was one I recalled seeing decades ago. It was back when I worked for a food broker and we would often get recipe books by […]
Wine of the Day
Seghesio Rockpile Zinfandel
Special times call for special wines. Go beyond the ordinary, everyday wines to highlight an occasion. Splurge a little. For New Year’s Eve, I decided to open a bottle I had been saving for a while. I wanted to celebrate the last day of the year with a wine that reminded me of good times. […]