Let’s celebrate National Coloring Day! Friends at Cinnamah-Brosia’s Coffee Cottage love coffee and coloring pages. Go ahead. Grab your colors and coloring book, and let your creativity shine! The word color always brings to my mind a favorite Bible verse from The Message version: Matthew 5:14-16 Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be […]
In The Essence of Humility (Chapter 7) we learned cilantro is in the Bible. This ingredient of so many of our favorite Mexican dishes is really the same plant as coriander. And manna God provided to the children of Israel in the wilderness looked very much like coriander. (Exodus 16:31). Do you have a majolica […]
Discovered today as Cinnamah-Brosia’s “Daily Delight” recipes from The Essence of Humility have been added to the blog for your convenience, lemon is found in several of them. This entry is no different. In fact, it is one of the most traditional American dessert recipes — almost as All-American as Mom and Applie Pie. Speaking […]
Adding sprinkles to Lemon Chamomile Shortbread Cookies gave them an Autumn flair. Trust us when we tell you they were a party-hit. We believe drizzling a little powder sugar and milk icing over them takes them to the next level of delicious-with-your-coffee goodness. We found the recipe for the Lemon Chamomile Shortbread Cookies at Country […]
For those of you who found your way here from Chapter 4 of The Essence of Humility, you learned of almond’s significance with watchfulness and promise. (If you haven’t read it yet, this is a shameless plug for you to do so. Available from most booksellers — in paperback and most digital formats. Visit our […]
Come Take a Sneak Peak Into The Essence of Humility . . . The Essence of Flax in the Bible Botanical Name: Linum usitatissimum; all portions of the plant used for clothing, food, and more; native to the Fertile Crescent (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, southeastern Turkey and western Iran) My grandmother knew […]
This exciting blog tour with Celebrate Lit, featuring “The Essence of Joy” has flown by. With two days left and an awesome joy-themed prize package at stake (see photo below). be sure to cruise around the hosting sites, and enter for your chance to win! All the info required for your “trip” is in Celebrate […]
For those who have read The Essence of Joy, you know Volume 3 in Cinnamah-Brosia’s Inspirational Collection was presented as The Essence of Love coming in 2018. Creating a list from 1 Corinthians 13 of all the things “love is,” guess what? Every one of them whispered the word “humility” into my spirit. And. . […]
When our small group met together last week we created these adorable snowmen and enjoyed each other’s company before heading into the holiday season. One member shared with m later, “I felt like we were at C-B’s Coffee Cottage.” How sweet a sentiment, but was it really true? This friend’s health challenges keep her from […]
Before the holidays find opportunity to put on their best festive attire, pumpkin everything heads to the top of almost everyone’s favorite goodies list. Cinnamah-Brosia shares, “At The Coffee Cottage we join the pumpkin club. Our guests favorite pumpkin fare is Pumpkin Pie Bars. I’ll let you in on a secret – one you’ll probably […]
