Much to my dismay, I have cut back on sugar consumption. Difficult, because I love sweet treats, but on the other hand, I want to be a healthier person. I still like to bake and I've just discovered "Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen" on You Tube and enjoying it very much. That said, I normally make a dessert at least once per week, but I try to have only a piece or two, and share the rest. Going through some of my cookbooks, I came across a series of books by Todd Wilbur, who reproduces recipes from popular chain restaurants. In the first volume, I saw the Ruby Tuesday Strawberry Tall Cake and remembered that it was a favorite of ours. I haven't visited a Ruby Tuesday in ages and I don't know if they still serve this. I decided to give it a try and it turned out pretty good. The photo I took doesn't show the cake layers and is not a very good representation, but you get the idea. Actually, we thought the best way to eat this was in a bowl, kind of like a t...
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Frances
Much of Wamboldtopia revolves around our love story. The infamous red rose was actually a wedding gift, we had asked our guests to bring plants for our garden. :-)
And the metal piece that is sitting on the old concrete bird bath pedestal was made by no other than metal artist Christopher Mello! The design is my own, a celtic knot with Ivy in its three stages that was originally planned as a tattoo, but that design changed. Ricki snagged a printout of the design and had Christopher cut it in metal as a surprise gift, to fit exactly into the center of the brick circle, which we also call the wedding circle since, you guessed it, we got married on it. The circle itself was Ricki's engagement gift to me in lieu of a ring (he knows I don't dig rings)... little did I know I'd be carrying bricks up for days in buckets - my arms grew a couple of inches that season. Not a single regret. :-)