My grandmothers screened back porch was an adjunct to the kitchen. A red and white plastic gingham tablecloth covered a ...

Our pantry is out of control. Jim, a.k.a., Mr. Organization, gives me a regular food inventory in an effort to head off ...

I don’t usually think of pizza as typical breakfast food. Anytime we have leftover pizza from the night before, Jim is...

I vividly remember sitting in my freshman comp class many years ago on a cool October day. Professor Kemp began the clas...

I admit that I’m a carnivore from way back. I’ve been a serious meat eater for most of my life, and I’ve always ju...

I grew up in an era of church socials and covered dish dinners. Whenever there was such an event, all the church ladies ...

Let’s talk turkey! Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and cooks across the country are preparing their holiday me...

I apologize for taking a little hiatus from the blog for the last couple of weeks. I have no valid excuse other than lif...

For some reason, beans don’t make it to our dinner table very often. Although they’re high in fiber and a healthy al...

We had a pizza dinner party last week for our friends, Bruce and Felix, and Felix’s daughter, Sierra. When I’m makin...

How many of you remember Tomato Aspic? It was the “fancy” congealed tomato salad that all the ladies in town made fo...

You know how one really cool article of clothing can make an otherwise boring outfit extraordinary? You can put on a pla...

Punxsutawney Phil seems to have gotten it right this year. He saw his shadow on Groundhog Day, and an early spring is no...

Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant cities I’ve ever visited. A couple of years ago, we took an Asian cruise beginnin...

Years ago, I spent a month in Nepal trekking in the Himalayas around Mt. Everest National Park. After all this time, I s...

I realized as I was perusing my past recipes that I haven’t posted many side dishes. For today’s recipe, I’ve made...