Hard to believe, but it is almost May. Not only that, Mothers Day is a bit early this year, since it is on Sunday, May 11 th. Now you m...

Back when I was in college, my boyfriend's mom would sometimes interrupt our study time with something home baked. She was an excelle...

The colors of the Italian flag...red, green and white...are all on display in this month's delicious bread, Pane Bianco with Garlic,...

In general I've been fairly successful with my diet changes, mostly so I don't have a repeat of  January, but also for weight lo...

At the home show about a month ago I signed up for delivery every other week of a box of fruits and veggies. The company is called Farm F...

We've had a dog sharing our lives for most of the time that Sweetie and I have been married, mostly black labs. If you know anything ...

I know it is well past Easter, but I just remembered that our daughter came over on Easter for brunch and then we colored Easter eggs. Wh...

I thought that a kidney stone was painful. Well, it was, but at least there wasn't a true wound. OK, this is primarily a food blog...

It can't be Sunday evening, a full week after St. Patrick's Day! Where has the time gone? For about a week before that day and fo...

Spring shows her face in different ways around the world. In the Northern hemisphere it can be cold, windy, rainy, snowy, warm, foggy, o...

Welcome, again, Guest Blogger No Handle with a seasonal delight: Irish Corned Beef Corned Beef is an iconic Irish dish, and sin...

It's instructive to look back over a few years of posts, both to see the rise and fall and rise again of my enthusiasm for blogging,...

I've never been a big fan of fresh green beans, unless they are super slim and small. I think that the larger, older beans must deve...

March in Northern California is a season of green. The grass has taken advantage of the winter rains and longer days. It is lush and lon...