Thursday, September 24, 2009

Shipshewana Inspired: The Love of Pie


Das Dutchman Essenhaus restaurant and inn is actually in Middlebury, a small town just down the pike from Shipshewana. If you ever have the chance to stay in the area, you've got to book a room here. It's such a warm and cozy place, with comfy couches and fireplaces everywhere you turn. It's homey without being hokey.

Essenhaus is German for "Eating House", and boy, do you eat well at the restaurant! (The name always makes me think of my mom...she used to tell us to "Essen Zie und Zessen Zie" when we were kids....basically, sit down and eat!)

They serve a yummy chicken dinner, but the star of the show has to be the pies. With over a dozen on the menu, who can choose just one? We couldn't! So we ordered a slice of Dutch Apple, a slice of Cocounut Cream, and a slice of Raspberry Cream, and then we sampled each one. Wow! The Raspberry Cream was heavenly, but I'll concur with my sister, Jenny. There's not a more perfect pie than a good apple served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.




I made this card for yesterday's sketch challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. Isn't that paper fun? It says "When in doubt, eat more pie." It works for me!

{recipe: The Saltbox Studio stamps, background plaid and wild hearts stamps from SU, baja breeze and pumpkin pie card stock, versafine ink and prisma markers, Karen Foster paper, modern label punch, gingham ribbon}

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