With last week’s Chicago blizzard, I’m afraid I got behind in everything, including my weekly cookbook giveaway – but I am going to make up for it this week with a whole box of books giveaway! Since I wrote a blog today about a great cooking teacher from a PBS series, Madeleine Kamman, I thought I […]
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Are You Ready For Some Football – and Food?!
It’s Super Bowl Day! Time for some great football and fun food ideas- and do I ever have some ideas for you! My daughter Kristina’s site, BetterRecipes.com has some ideas that you will want to serve at your party. Click on the recipe name for the recipes! How about some Green Bay Packers Jello Shots!? Or […]
Super Bowl Food
The Super Bowl has become an American tradition. I can actually remember watching the very first Super Bowl. I’ll let you do the math. When it first started, I don’t recall the Super Bowl being a huge party or food day, but that is certainly what it has become. Apparently, it rivals Thanksgiving on a day for […]
Blizzard = Excess Baking
As long as I was stuck in the house during Chicago’s blizzard, I decided to go on a cooking and baking binge. I found this Austrian cookbook that I haven’t looked through in a long time. I learned that Austrians love desserts and baking, so this was a good book to explore. The culinary bouquet of Austria […]
Digging Out!
I’m sure you all have heard about the blizzard conditions in many states across the country. I wanted to show you a few photos of our house today. We woke up to a winter wonderland, and are still digging out! I don’t think we are going out the back door today, do you?! Or driving […]
Blizzard!!
Hi everyone! We have a blizzard here in Chicago, and it just dawned on me that we could lose power at any time and I might not be able to write my blogs. I am going to go work on them soon, but if you don’t see new blogs for a day or two, you will […]
Squeal with Delight
The pig is actually an ancient and honorable animal. According to Darwin, the pig was domesticated in China around 5,000 BC. Hogs came to the Western Hemisphere ahead of the Mayflower; Columbus brought eight on his second voyage. The sow was even viewed respectfully by Greeks and Romans as the nourisher of Zeus. Pigs have […]
Old Cookbooks, Former Neighbors, and a Wonderful Life
Today marks the first anniversary of this blog. I can’t believe I have been writing for a year, and have loved every minute of it. The first blog I wrote was on January 31, 2010 which would have been my Grandmother’s 113th birthday. In her honor and memory, the first blog was about her original […]
