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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