While trapped in the snow we decided to venture into the warm kitchen.  We saw a recipe by Annie Wayte for a Guinea Fowl Potpie .  We had...

  Yes, it was a pink disco ball Christmas tree. Even I was shocked! But there you have it. There was a lot of holiday cooking. Th...

Our individual Christmas Eve Pavlova's.  

 Over at Cookbook Of The Day we decided that The Ethicurean Cookbook was our favorite cookbook of the year, maybe of the coming year, too!...

I love breakfast, provided it is served at 4 pm.  Not eating in the morning and then working through till the late afternoon, is not a goo...

I decided to make kimchi.  The Korean condiment is everywhere, so I thought why not.  I was bolstered by a recipe I read in Edward Le...

Picnic inside!  

 There was a lot of interest in our charcoal biscuits, from yesterday's post. Activated charcoal has been a food additive since the ...

  Some of us were not the least bit distracted by the flood.  Trick felt the best way to deal with it (or any disaster, big or small) is t...

We all know that woman who cannot bear to pass up a shoe store without stopping.  I admit that I am the proud owner of over 40 pairs of Co...

 It snowed all weekend.  If it had been 5 degrees colder there would be enormous drifts of snow.  Our temperature hovered at 35, however,...

This year in the garden,  we grew a hot pepper called a lemon drop pepper .  The plant originated in Peru and bears a Scoville rating of ...

We spent the early part of this week at the Fancy Food Show in D.C.  Acres and acres of new and familiar products.  My friend, Anne, and...

Harry Lowe and I have this game. It is a kind of "fantasy football" for people who don't give a crap about professional spo...