Despite my best efforts to nibble away at a collection of recently acquired cookbooks, the stack stands tall enough to function as an end table in my living room.  I actually read my cookbooks, which when I share this tidbit … Continue reading →

Who can resist the intensely colored ruby red juice of a blood orange.  I remain amazed at the depth and array of color that nature provides us.  The juice from a blood orange not only prods me toward the kitchen … Continue reading →

A small, square, glass jar sits tucked away in the corner of my kitchen counter.  Both the jar and the recipes inside belonged to my Grandma.  I also have her little black book in which there are pages filled with … Continue reading →

She’s not a little girl anymore – which I reminded myself when she returned home from a party effusively sharing all the redeeming qualities of a new whiskey she had tasted.  “Mom, you have to taste Fireball Whiskey.”  My initial … Continue reading →

They say we learn something new every day. Whoever “they” may be. I must agree that as we drift off to sleep at night, most of us could zero in on something new we learned that day. Today, I learned … Continue reading →