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Butternut Squash Soup with a Nutmeg Cream

by Michael Salmon, Hartstone Inn 2½ pounds butternut squash, skin and seeds removed, roughly cut into ½-inch cubes 2 medium carrots, peeled and roughly cut into ½-inch cubes 2 Tablespoons canola oil 2 medium-sized yellow onions, peeled and roughly cut 1 stalk celery, roughly cut 1½ quarts chicken stock 1 bay leaf ¼ teaspoon thyme [...]

BedandBreakfast.com Breakfast Recipe Challenge

We are so excited!  Chef Michael’s recipe for Wild Mushroom and Gruyere Soufflé with a Thyme Cream was selected as a finalist in BedandBreakfast.com’s Breakfast Recipe Challenge.  Round one is the Savory Sixteen and our match-up against another finalist goes live on Facebook today.  You can place your vote today only here! Wild Mushroom and [...]

Tuscan Onion Soup Recipe

Many of our readers have asked for recipes from our Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure trips to Tuscany.  Here is a recipe for a soup that was a guest favorite!    Tuscan Onion Soup with a Pecorino Crust serves 8 by Chef Michael Salmon 3 leeks 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 pound pancetta, small [...]

Chef Michael's Butter Cookies

We serve these cookies here at The Hartstone Inn during our afternoon tea service.  Guests often ask for the recipe so they can make them at home.  For that reason, we thought it would be the perfect recipe to share on our blog. Butter Cookies Makes 24 cookies 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 2/3 cup granulated sugar [...]

Butterscotch Chip-Oatmeal Cookies

Nothing is better than a warm, homemade cookie on a cold winter day.  We serve this cookie at tea time here at The Hartstone Inn and it is a guest favorite! Butterscotch Chip-Oatmeal Cookies   1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract [...]

"Green" Silver Polish

We here at The Hartstone Inn, along with many households in America have tried to find ways to be more environmentally conscious.  Paul, one of our innkeepers and his wife use no chemicals in their home.  They have provided us with many recipes for green cleaners.  One of our favorites is the silver polishing concoction.   As those of [...]

Preserved Lemons

With 2010 winding down, we have been thinking about some of our favorite new cooking ingredients. Near the top of the list is Preserved Lemons, an ancient Moroccan method of “pickling” lemons. Great for adding to a salad dressing, cream sauce, a marinade for seafood or even poultry.  6 Lemons 1/2 Cup Kosher Salt 2 [...]

Black Pepper Almonds

We thought you might enjoy this recipe with your friends and family this Thanksgiving. This is a wonderful treat to have out for guests to munch on between throwing the football around, bike rides, long walks, between sips of a delicious cocktail or glass of eggnog, and turning the pages of that recently released bestseller [...]

Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies

We are sharing this recipe for Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies just in time for your holiday baking. This should come in handy whether gifting tins of cookies, preparing for a party, or just stocking up for guests. We always have a variety of fresh baked cookies at the inn for guests during Afternoon Tea, [...]

Moscow Mule

Everyone who’s been to the Hartstone Inn knows that we love cocktails.  At any given time we feature up to ten “specialty” cocktails that we offer to our guests both during cocktail hour and at dinner.  The latest drink that we are crazy about is the “Moscow Mule”. History The Moscow Mule was ”born” in the [...]

 
 

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