Time does change…tears when the girls started school, tears when they left for college…tears when they moved too far away…tears getting used to our Empty Nest. No one leaving their “stuff” on the kitchen counter, no shoes in the back hallway, no extra cars to be moved in the driveway…you get the picture. How can we survive as we happily centered most everything around our girls’ activities, friends, and happiness?

One of our favorite times for the entire family to be in the kitchen is right before Christmas Day. George, being from a large Slovak family, brings many traditional holiday recipes. George spends at least 2 days in the kitchen with family members in and out to sample and complete tastings. Kolachy, thought a pastry, is more similar to a cinnamon roll than a cookie. This soft, yeasted dough is a mixture of flour, milk, butter, eggs, sour cream and BUTTER.