My daughter Kristina and I are off on an adventure to Seattle and Alaska tomorrow. I haven’t had time to do a blog for a few days, but watch in the next week for some reports from Seattle first, then on the cruise to Alaska! We hope to see some whales, but I am hoping […]
Our Farmer’s Market is Back!
The Farmer’s Market in my hometown opened yesterday at 7:00 am, and will be held every Thursday until October. I wait all year for our market and it never disappoints. My husband Bill came with me because he is the official bag-carrier. Or maybe he just likes to buy some cookies. Tent after tent […]
First Day of Summer
Really?? Today is the official first day of summer? I thought summer started a couple weeks ago. It’s so hot here in the Chicago area, you would think it was August. When it’s this hot, who wants to cook? I have some barbecued beef simmering away in the slow cooker so I don’t have to heat […]
Fresh Off the Farm
Why is it I didn’t already own this cookbook? I asked myself this at a book sale last week. It took me all of about 30 seconds to peruse it and know it was a winner. Most nights, I bring a book up to bed to read by flashlight so I won’t keep my husband awake. I […]
Honoring a Special Daddy for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is this Sunday. I would like to wish all you wonderful fathers out there a very Happy Father’s Day. My father died thirty-two years ago in May 1980, a month before Father’s Day. I can never celebrate the day with him again, but my girls are lucky that they can celebrate with their […]
Global Vegetarian Cooking
If your idea of vegetarian cooking is like my husband’s, who thinks it means some soy crumbles or mushy tofu, then this revolutionary book will wake up your palate with big bold flavors and amazing ingredients. Vegetarian cooking has as much diversity as recipes using meats. It is now so easy to take advantage of all the ingredients offered in most […]
Jammin’
My Great-Aunt Margery from Iowa was the first person who I observed canning food from her own garden. She had a beautiful, full garden in her tiny town of Wyoming, and stored her goods in a root cellar; and I mean a real cellar that bordered on being spooky. There was a squeaky door in the kitchen that led […]
A Wise Man’s Take on the Humble Popover
While recuperating in bed the last few weeks, and at first flat on my back, I didn’t have much to do but play “Words with Friends” with my girls and my mom, along with reading books. One of the books, Issac’s Storm, was one I have been meaning to read for a long time. Great book. […]
