Well it has been a long time since we did an issue of Guilty Pleasures. Blame it on my time, my complete and utter lack of organization, or stress.
Anyway… here is it. Better late than never, right?

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I bet I got you wondering with that title. didn’t I?

I want my kitchen to have a feel more than a look.  It has always been hard for me to explain but I think the kitchen is one are that has to have a feel, an ambiance, and a presence.  It can be the poster-kitchen for a decorating magazine but if it doesn’t have that feel then I am not interested.

It has to do with the way a kitchen smells, too.  Vanilla, chocolate, spices, and fruits…ham, roast, homemade bread…all of these scents make the kitchen beautiful.  How do you translate that to a decorating magazine?  Well, if you want your kitchen to smell like a combination of Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie, with a Mitford fusion then this recipe is a must try.

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