by Helen Kain | Apr 2, 2024 | Home, Organization, Recipes By Season, Recipes By Type
It was time. On my computer is a list of recipes cooked and photographed since I published the first book, Entertablement—The Four Seasons. But as the number of publications grew, it became increasingly difficult to remember where they’d been featured. On the...
by Helen Kain | Apr 2, 2024 | Books, Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, Home, Spring Tablescapes
Considering the chill, blustery weather in which we started March, I wondered if the maxim “Comes in like a Lion, Goes out like a Lamb” quoted in Edith Holden’s Nature Notes and the Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady would hold. Sure enough, we were...
by Helen Kain | Apr 2, 2024 | Books, Fall Recipes, Holiday, Mains, Pork, Recent, Savoury Pies, Winter Recipes
Pork Pies are a staple in the Ploughman’s lunch, usually served alongside Cheddar and Stilton cheeses, Branston pickle, grainy mustard, and some slices of bread. I love cornichons, so those go in, too. Pork pies can also be served hot; mashed potatoes and peas...
by Helen Kain | Mar 24, 2024 | Cape Cod House, Recent
At last, we have finished the kitchen and laundry room renovation in the Cape. We’re all unpacked and thoroughly cleaned, with carpets down, furniture back in place, and pictures hung—utter bliss. Let’s start with a kitchen before and after. Here is where...
by Helen Kain | Mar 22, 2024 | Easter, Green, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
Years ago, digging around for Easter inspiration, I came across a picture of an elegant rabbit and his wheelbarrow in a magazine—Victoria, I think—but frustratingly, the manufacturer was not attributed. I searched online using every description imaginable. Nada. I...