Happy birthday to my brother-in-law Ted on this Tuesday! I’m sure Hong (his loving wife) and one month old son Matthew will make this day special. The “holy hell this winter thing will be going on […]
Happy birthday to my sister Allison (Al/Allie) who turns 25 today! I’m inclined, out of sisterly love and honesty, to tell you that it’s all down hill from there…just kidding. Here’s to a great day for […]
Roast duck-have you had it? My first experience with duck was over a week ago and came about because of a free bird from our pal’s homestead. Due to a large amount of interest about the […]
Just a few words about my ultimate potato soup before the recipe. Not even the lameness of using the word ‘ultimate’ can hurt this dish. Trust me. Potato soup is my chosen variety of potage. If […]
And now we’re back to that time of year. Snow time. It caught me off guard this weekend. I’m completely unprepared for snow and cold. Sure there were meteorologists calling for the 4-letter “s” word in […]
Two food fails in the last week. Two. That’s unacceptable. One recipe being an Asian-inspired chicken salad with a horrible dressing and the other something that should have been scrumptious, pumpkin cake with a cream cheese […]
The verdict is out-we’re going to make it after all! Greg received that raise (read that link for more info) which is enough to allow us to stay in Minnesota. Our next step is to find […]
Notice anything missing or absent from the conversation here lately? Granted, I have been sporadically posting (today is my 300th post) but that topic would be Halloween . Since becoming an adult who has the pleasure […]