Savor a Sweet Holiday
It is a great day to savor a sweet holiday, just sit back, and enjoy a nice hot cuppa with marshmallows (or something even better.) The day after Christmas and it is a good time to reflect on the holiday, Read More …
Category: food
Too Much Butter
How much butter is too much butter? It’s the holiday season and everything has an abundance of salt, sugar, and fat…unless it is full of alcohol units. The cookies we bought from the church fundraiser would never be classified as Read More …
Worth The Wait
Sometimes, that new restaurant that opens to wide appeal has just too many people interested in dining when it first opens. When that happens, rest assured you will have time to find out if it is worth the wait. If Read More …
One More Bite
In the attempt to keep from meeting the expectations of a 3000 calorie Thanksgiving dinner we will just allow one more bite… of pumpkin pie, and of stuffing, and of turkey, and of broccoli casserole (souffle?), and of coconut custard Read More …
Just Fall Into
Luckily, with good friends you can just fall into a conversation as if you had seen each other the day. Even when you haven’t seen each other in a month or longer. Depending on the relationship; it can go deeper Read More …
A Good Bagel
Why, outside of greater New York City, is it so difficult to find a good bagel? Honestly, it shouldn’t be that difficult. Light & fluffy. Not overly topped. Simple ingredients. Water. Flour. Salt. A little sugar and oil. Yeast. Just Read More …
At The Pumpkin Patch
There can be some late nights at the pumpkin patch. Not just to save the harvest from a frost either…just regular, every day, in the middle of the season, evenings. I drove by one at dusk today and thought that Read More …
Lazy Fall Weekend
It is nice to have a lazy fall weekend after a long busy week of travel and meetings. On top of that, it is sort of nice to see that there are still signs of summer lingering. I actually, even, Read More …
Pumpkin Dinner
Pretty sure that no one has ever uttered the phrase “winner winner pumpkin dinner“, until now. We made – from “scratch” – roasted pumpkin soup tonight for dinner and it was delicious. The ultimate in farm to table. Especially considering Read More …
5 Kinds of Sugar
Is it really necessary to have 5 kinds of sugar in any one product? I doubt it very much. In fact, any more than 1 or 2 is excessive. Dextrose, fructose, sucrose…all the oses Table sugar Confectioners sugar Brown sugar Read More …