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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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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

    Welcome to the first Saturday Meanderings of 2024. I am really excited about this even numbered year. This week is turning out to be a very productive one, and I am thoroughly enjoying the last of the 12 days of Christmas, which is today, January 6th, the Epiphany. Thank you so much for joining me…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier April 3, 2021April 8, 2021

    Happy Easter (or Passover) weekend! The weather is certainly warmer in Phoenix but hoping it will get back down to something less than 88 degrees. Our Easter dinner will be small but we will do all the traditional family events just the same. Welcome to Saturday Meanderings where we chat about all things good and…

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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier January 9, 2021January 8, 2021

    Happy Saturday morning! Gosh, it is hard to believe the first week of the New Year is over. Thank you for joining me for Saturday Meanderings as we reflect on the comings and goings of the week. It always takes me a while to file away the holiday spirit. Slowly we are dismantling our holiday…

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  • Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
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    Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

    ByMary Crozier January 5, 2021January 4, 2021

    We recently held a small surprise birthday dinner party for my husband, Scott. All intentions for a larger surprise gathering evaporated with COVID. But since this is a landmark birthday, we did try to make it a bit special regardless. Here are the grilled cheese and tomato soup ideas we created based on a grown-up…

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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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