Colorado Springs Author Publishes Cookbook With Recipes From Her Former Bed and Breakfast | Way of life


If you frequented The French Kitchen before the pandemic, you will probably remember Heidi Wigand-Nicely. She was the super cheerful little barista who pulled espressos.

Working there was exactly what she needed to decide which passion she would follow next.

“It was a transition from selling my Fox Run B&B that I had operated for six years,” she said.

In 2019, she left The French Kitchen to pursue an idea that stuck in her mind: to write a cookbook. The result: “Stirring up Memories – Meals & Treats from Fox Run Bed & Breakfast”, published September 14th.

It’s more than a cookbook. It includes a collection of stories told around the breakfast table with the many guests who loved coming to the cozy guesthouse in Wigand-Nicely nestled in the Black Forest.

“I have welcomed so many wonderful and interesting people,” she said. “They encouraged me to write a cookbook with the recipes I used at the B&B. But I remembered all the memorable stories and conversations and decided to include them in the pages as well.

She uses recipes from her family of excellent cooks.

“Some of these recipes are passed down from my German grandparents and mother, who were all superb cooks and bakers,” said Wigand-Nicey. “A grandmother professionally cooked for Stouffers and worked until she was 86.

The bonus of the cookbook is how simple and reliable the majority of the recipes are.

“The recipes I used in the B&B had to be reliable, and many are ready to use,” said Wigand-Nicely. “I got up very early to make breakfast, and I had to be efficient to get everything ready on time.

She told the story of waking up one morning as she was going to serve a baked breakfast.

“Everything had to be cooked that day,” she said. “And my oven wasn’t heating up, it was broken. I quickly thought of my neighbor who got up early too, and called her to see if I could bring my dishes and cook them there. I packed the pasta and cooked at her house and brought everything back in time to serve my guests.

You have to be flexible when running a B&B, to handle anything that can happen in such a business. But after six years, she decided to close this chapter of her life. She sold her house in the Black Forest and found a new home in the Briargate region.

“I missed life in the woods,” she says. “I wasn’t used to having neighbors next door and I missed the peace. I moved to Woodland Park and I have the perfect location.

While she says she could write three more books with stories from her years of meeting and greeting, her next project won’t be a cookbook.

“I am also inspired to write and share another of my passions, honoring the sacred places of our land”, she suggests in her final thanks. “My dream is to help people know and appreciate certain very special sites, the trees and the energy they contain. … By taking care of our planet, we can all benefit from it and live more in harmony with it. Stay tuned.”

“Stirring Up Memories” costs $ 27.95 and makes a wonderful holiday gift. Purchase it by emailing the author at [email protected]. It is also available at amazon.com.

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