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Lavender Fields Forever, + a Lavender Limoncello

July 16, 2014 By Nancy Baggett 10 Comments

I've been creating fresh and dried lavender recipes lately, and I'm more smitten than ever with the beauty, fragrance, and haunting, spicy-floral taste of this ...

Brightening a Rainy Week with Batch of Limoncello and Thoughts of Sunny Italy

September 12, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 7 Comments

In between watching the rain pound down seemingly endlessly, building my ark, and checking to make sure our basement sump pump is still pumping, this ...

Day-tripping to Sorrento & Salerno–Italy’s Beautiful Amalfi Coast

August 23, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 2 Comments

Our latest excursion during our Mediterranean cruise took us to a land of lemons. It started at the port of Naples, when we boarded a bus and rode out to ...

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