Don’t get me wrong when I say I didn’t leave my heart in one of America’s most beloved and beautiful cities. I love San Francisco. There is still a piece of my heart there; it’s just that I couldn’t live there. Maybe it was the times. I lived a few miles across the Golden Gate […]
You CAN Do It!
I am a firm believer that one can never have too many canning and preserving books. Not only are there endless food items to preserve, home canned items taste better, use local fresh items, and make wonderful gifts. There is no better gift than something you made with your own hands. Canning is so […]
Our Very Own Food and Wine Festival
Food and wine festivals are abundant in the summer months, and my small hometown version is no exception. My husband Bill and I enjoyed the “North Shore Wine, Beer, Cigar, and Food Festival” this past weekend. This 3rd annual festival is a fundraiser to benefit the old Libertyville High School, known as the Brainerd Building. […]
Happy 91st Birthday to my Mom!
My mom turned 91 years old this past Tuesday, but she is still young at heart and in mind. Last year, we had a big 90th bash with a huge crowd, but this year was much more quiet. Unfortunately, I was not in California to celebrate with her, but mom spent the day at my brother’s […]
Lazy Summer Days
The long, hot summer days of Chicago are getting to me. It’s been one of worst few months ever, and not just here but all over the country. I am so ready for beautiful fall days. I would even take a blizzard about now. I’m feeling very lazy this morning and can’t even seem to […]
Frosty Fun!
I can still smell the old drugstore in the tiny town of Wyoming, Iowa where we used to go for summer visits at my great-aunt Margery’s home. She made the best cookies in Iowa, but I don’t recall her ever making us milkshakes, probably because all we had to do was take a short walk into […]
The World’s First Organic Chocolate
When I recently received a box from Green and Black’s with bars of their delectable chocolates and a new cookbook, I was very grateful for their gift, even though they didn’t have to sell me on the products. I have loved Green and Black’s since it was introduced in the USA, but I didn’t have the cookbook. […]
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
On the weekends, I usually find the cookbooks I want to write about for the coming week. This weekend, however, I became distracted by Anna Quindlen’s latest book, probably because it was about her thoughts of turning sixty, which I recently did myself. It’s not often that I will write about a non-cookbook on a cookbook blog, […]
