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  • The Great Lamb Cake Legacy: A Story of Family and Tradition
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    The Great Lamb Cake Legacy: A Story of Family and Tradition

    ByMary Crozier April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

    Every Easter weekend, I find myself drawn back to the kitchen—preparing recipes for those I love. But there is also something deeper. I pull out an old Griswold cast iron lamb cake mold, heavy with memory and meaning, and begin a ritual that spans generations. As a child, Easter wasn’t Easter without the lamb cake….

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  • Homemade Apple Cider Doughnuts
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    Homemade Apple Cider Doughnuts

    ByMary Crozier October 22, 2024October 23, 2024

    My first experience with warm, delicious apple cider doughnuts was 10 years ago visiting my son at the University of Virginia. It was October 2014 and we visited Carter Mountain Orchard in Charlottesville~~where they served WARM apple cider doughnuts. I was in love. Every trip back for the next 4 years included a trip to…

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  • Lemon Love~My 10 Favorite Recipes
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    Lemon Love~My 10 Favorite Recipes

    ByMary Crozier January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

    Being well into our citrus season, I am taking advantage of all the different fruits available to us. A typical day means a walk to the orchard to pick an orange, tangerine, grapefruit or kumquat from a tree. This year, my Lisbon lemon tree did produce quite a bumper crop! Today’s post is about lemon…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier April 22, 2022April 23, 2022

    Happy Saturday, friends! What a week it has been. Our large group of houseguests have left and all the laundry is done. We are still experiencing the most glorious weather and I’m not sure why this Spring seems so vibrant this year. Maybe it just everyone emerging from two oppressive years. Anyway, glad you are…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier June 5, 2021June 5, 2021

    There is something very special about coming home. After another trip back east to manage my Aunt Gail’s affairs, coming home is well…so satisfying. My own bed, getting back into a routine and the dogs are always so happy to see me. And now I am at my desk writing my Saturday Meanderings so all…

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Welcome to Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary and I am delighted you are here. Life at Bella Terra is about embracing what the present can bring by valuing what the past built. Here, from our historic property, I will share decorating, entertaining, gardening tips as well as my adventures in the kitchen. Occasionally you may see a DIY but it’s only because it was a rare success! I hope that this blog will be a place of comfort and joy and together, we will learn something from each other along the way. Learn more >

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