The Culinary Cellar

  Buffalo, or bison, is my husband Bill’s favorite meat.  Last week, he had a job in Iowa and stopped at a free range buffalo ranch on his drive back home.  For him, it was like me and cookbooks – one can never get enough.  Bill called me excitedly from the car on the way home and […]

After this long, hot summer, the cool breezes have finally arrived- at least for awhile!  This week is not only cooler, but there might even be a little frost at night.  Since I will be busy enjoying this beautiful weather and cooking up some comfort foods the next few days, here’s a preview of some […]

      It’s been a tough year all over the country with the high heat, but there are still some orchards where the apples are available for picking.  Since the weather has been so extreme, harvest time has varied.  Search the internet to find an orchard near you and see what they have available at the […]

  It never fails.  Anytime I enter a book store or library, my heart skips a little beat and I feel an excitement in my stomach because I know I will find something to read or buy.  As far back as grade school, I loved the crackly sound of opening the new books for class.  It […]

As many of you know, my basement is still in the process of a much-needed update.  It was shoved aside the past few months, but now it’s going to begin again.  I have been wondering what kind of chair would be good, and my daughter found this one.  I need to get a least one, […]

  Here is a quote from Catherine Hernandez whose father died on 9-11:   “My father, Norberto, was a pastry chef at Windows on the World in Tower One.  For ten years, he made many fancy and famous desserts, but the sweetest dessert he made was the marble cake he made for us at home.  […]

  Happy Birthday to my beautiful girl!  When Kristina was born, she came out with her eyes wide open and looked around, liked what she saw, and has pretty much kept those gorgeous baby blues open since.  Kristina is a traveler and likes exploring everything.  Her first plane ride was at 5 months and now […]

  One of my first blogs was about my favorite vintage food magazine, Sphere, which began publication in February of 1972.  It also is the blog that people still find in Google and are so excited to learn that there are other die hard fans of the magazine to this day.  There has never been a time since […]