Where ya been?
Perhaps you’ve noticed, life has its ups and downs. Well, my last post here was just before my mom took a bad tumble and…
Perhaps you’ve noticed, life has its ups and downs. Well, my last post here was just before my mom took a bad tumble and…

Does “Miss Congeniality” ever win the crown? I can’t recall it ever happening, although she’s elemental to every pageant. The Miss Congeniality of the…

Once upon a time several years ago, I ended up with a massive stockpile of yellow split peas. At the time, I attended a…

Great Pumpkin! As I write, there is a crock pot of apple butter in the works, and the house smells officially autumnal – kind…

Comfy Cooking Hands up if you had a busy week… I don’t know about you, but when I’m officially pooped it actually seems harder…

[sg_popup id=”2″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] A Proper Roasting! Last week I took a glorious bowl of roasted vegetables to a potluck. A friend asked what I…

My Holiday Bowl When I moved to the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, I was amazed at what people would do in the…

Here in the desert, our figs ripen long before autumn, and are gone pretty quickly. So, I often have exactly one week to eat…

Ssss-team Heat! The beauty of braising I’m pretty sure I braised something the first week of cooking school. It was probably leeks, and the…

We’ve had a shift of season here in the desert. We’ve gone from, “What am I going I do with all these zucchinis?” to,…