A momentary digression from food related items to bring you what is (for me) a very timely health related article from the New York Times. Heart Attack Symptoms Differ According to Sex Spreading this word is extremely important to me. You see, this coming Thursday will be the 10th anniversary of my mother’s death. She [...]

I’m going to try something new for the blog.  I don’t know how long it’ll last and I’m sure there are plenty of people who will laugh at my incredibly amateur comments, but I’m going to start posting about the wines I’m trying.  I am hoping this will encourage me to try new wines as [...]

This is another of my mother-in-law’s recipes.  I have no idea where she got it, but it’s considered one of the standby family recipes for beef kabob marinade.  The other day I used it on a london broil and it came out great.  I wouldn’t recommend this one for chicken or even pork – it’s [...]

I’m so excited. The Tuesdays with Dorie website opened up to new membership for one day only on St. Patrick’s Day and I leapt at the chance. I’ve been following the blog for almost a year now and have enjoyed all the cooking and comments. I generally don’t do much baking, so this is the [...]

Yesterday while taking an afternoon drive, I stumbled across a veggie stand.  Of course I had to stop and look.  I suspect I’ll be heading back to this place again and again over the course of the spring and summer.  It looks like they’ll have a nice variety of fresh veggies at some pretty great [...]

Tonight I made the Prune Cake from Pioneer Woman’s site. Except I didn’t have any allspice and I didn’t have any buttermilk. So I guess it wasn’t really exactly her cake – but close. I substituted regular milk for the buttermilk in the cake recipe and I reserved the water from boiling the prunes for [...]

Yay for the First Veggie Garden. (You know … First Lady, First Family, First Dog, First Garden? Ok, yeah, it’s lame. Sorry. I couldn’t resist.) I really like that the Obamas are running with the idea of a White House veggie garden. I’m hoping that it will inspire people everywhere to plant something edible, even [...]

I love Penzey’s Spices.  They have such an amazing variety of spices and their prices are so good that I can afford to reorder everything I keep on hand about once every 6 months or so.  That means I always have fresh spices available. My last order I wanted to try the Penzey’s version of [...]

In honor of my inner Irish (and yes, I am 1/2 Irish), I made shepherd’s pie for dinner tonight. Next time I’ll photograph the whole process. This time you just get the finished item. But let me say it was absolutely delicious – easily the best Shepherd’s pie I’ve made. And super easy and fast [...]