The garden is so beautiful right now! The cherry tomato plants have taken over most of a 4 foot by 6 foot planter box, but there is a sk...

Last spring we pulled into the driveway and stopped for the mail from the box by the road. An intense humming sound drew my attention tow...

Farm to table is really big right now in the restaurant world. That is probably a good thing because getting people to really taste fresh...

The Gravensteins are here! A big banner, sponsored by the Slow Food movement, announces that fact right near Whole Foods in downtown Seba...

From the looks of this blog...no posts for a while...you'd think we'd stopped eating of something. The truth is that I've alm...

Flowers and herbs used to have secret, hidden meanings, sort of like a secret handshake or something. Rosemary is for remembrance, but I a...

I was working at a drugstore in the cosmetics department when a hair coloring company found the model Cheryl Tiegs and had her be the ima...

The kitchen remodel is coming along. The old front hall will become my baking center in less than a week! Because I have decided to get r...

There are all kinds of pies but, by their nature, pies are approachable. A butter cream embellished multi-layered cake is fancy and fine,...

Well, here we are in the middle of the year, the beginning of July. Hot evenings are part of that mid year time, at least above the equat...

Although I love to bake, there are times, like last evening's family gathering, when there is too much else going on and a purchased c...

Tonight we had fresh wild salmon steaks, grilled to perfection by Sweetie, grilled baby squash, and a tomato salad with fresh mozzarella ...

This is one of the most flavorful breads ever! Thanks to our Kitchen of the Month, Tanna or My Kitchen in Half Cups , the Babes are bakin...

It's Father's Day so my thoughts turn to fatherhood and my Dad as well as Sweetie. According to my Mom, Sweetie is a wonderful fa...

Hard to believe how long it's been since my last post. It's not that we haven't been eating, but, mostly, what we've eaten...

I know that the post title is boring, but the coffee cake wasn't. It was zingy with fresh apricots, crunchy due to the sugary topping...