Do you have a guilty pleasure food? That one food that you’re sort of embarrassed to admit you enjoy. Like spam or canned asparagus? Mine is KRAFT American slices. You [...]
I know technically it’s spring. (And where I am, it’s pretty much summer.) But. Buuuut. Are you still in the mood for creamy, heavy, stick to your ribs, absolutely delicious, [...]
You know how all couples have their “thing” that they do? Read the Sunday paper together, leave each other love notes, build jigsaw puzzles… Paul and I share a big [...]
We spent the day in San Francisco yesterday; took the kids to the aquarium, Pier 39, and Fisherman’s Wharf. Ate. And ate some more. And watched all the odd people. [...]
Are there words that no matter how many times you write them, you still need to think about how they’re spelled? I have several, but the ones that come immediately [...]
We love pork over here, and yet it always seems to get bumped for chicken or beef. Where are the loins? Where are the chops? Good questions. So in an [...]
The second I saw these, I knew I’d be bumping something else off of the current week’s planned for and already bought ingredients. I needed to make them - with some [...]
I originally posted this 2 years ago. Do you remember it? Ah, it’s okay. Don’t feel bad. I barely remembered it myself, since it’s gone through a couple changes since [...]
I’m wearing white. Ya, that’s right. I’m getting all James Dean on the system. I’m sure my disapproving letter from Miss Manners will arrive shortly. It’s still blazing hot here, [...]
Our dinner group on Saturday was a southern success. We said things like ya’ll. And ate many foods fried in oil. And licked our sticky fingers, lacquered in barbecue sauce. [...]
It’s 80 degrees. Then it’s 60. Then 80. Then 45 with rain and hail. Who can plan a menu when Spring is so fickle? So, instead of exerting too much [...]
This is not an Easter ham. Unless, of course, you want it to be. Then sure. But…we don’t celebrate Easter. (Except for the part where we stuff plastic eggs with [...]
I don’t like wine. Pow! Too abrupt? Should I have eased you into that? I know it’s a tough pill to swallow. Hello?…You still there? Never acquired a taste for [...]
Happy Chinese New Year! This year is dedicated to the Rabbit, which is a symbol for mercy, elegance, and worship of beauty. People born during the years 1927, 1939, 1951, [...]
*ears perk up* Did somebody say bacon? Ya. Go on, go on. I’m listening. Bacon. It is all powerful. So, how is it that I missed this recipe from the [...]
I made this at the beginning of last October. And I’ve been hemming and hawing since then whether to post it or not. (You see the silly things that keep [...]
I found my slippers. Whew. The pots and pans, however, remain in a box. One of the many boxes sitting in the kitchen, blocking an easy path to the family [...]
This comes from one of my Williams Sonoma cookbooks that I have had for about four years. It’s one that always made a brief appearance as I breezed through the [...]
For those kitchen-challenged (you know who you are!), this is a dish for you. I had lost my cooking mojo recently and needed something simple, without a necessary trip to [...]
Let’s talk pulled-pork, shall we? You can order pulled pork in a lot of restaurants, buy pre-made pulled pork at the market, or make your own. But the fact remains, [...]
