Buffalo
Last month, Steve and I hopped in our Jeep and headed west to Montana. My father was from Billings, and our family went there frequently when I was a child, but I hadn’t been back in a few years. Like many of you, I wanted a …read more
Recent Posts
SPOOKtacular Soup Series Part 3
We’ve been filling flasks with hot soup for my girls to take to school this month. With a restricted canteen and their usual lunchtime dining options moved outdoors they need something quick and hot to get them through the rest of the day. I include …read more
Soup’s On Part 2
True to our word we have a month full of soup recipes to share. To punctuate the season we bring images of pumpkin patches and mulled apple cider sips to welcome the Fall.
Soup’s On!
Like many of you, when I learned last March that my best “gift” to humanity was to hibernate, I decided to embrace this moment as a time for introspection and reflection. I also decided (on a less philosophical note) to clean out every cabinet in my …read more
Sweet Potato Peanut Curry – Family Cooking
My love of home cooking comes from my mom, and hers came from her mom. From one generation to another we shared my kitchen this week for the first time in 9 months.
Slow Cooker Orange Chicken
Orange chicken with cashews is a delicious way to enjoy tender chicken bathed in a mild orange – soy sauce with cashew nuts and crunchy steamed green beans. A carry-out alternative with less sugar and sodium which goes a way towards meeting that Bliss Point or the hé
Why Family Meals Matter…
Regular readers know that family dinners in my childhood home, due to my mother’s cooking explorations and my father’s intellectual nature, also functioned as history lessons and global food adventures. With siblings who were significantly older, particularly given the event filled nature of the 1960’s, …read more
Slow Cooker Enchilada Casserole
Last week Vonda packed up Piper and saw her off to the University of South Carolina for her Freshman year. Meg’s daughter heads back into Europe for her post-grad year. Meanwhile here in England my girls are returning to school in person next week, for …read more
The Zen of College Cooking
A quote from one of the masters of home cooking Julia Child as you embark on the next step in life. “This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook — try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have …read more
Black Bean Basics
When Irving Naxon invented his Naxon Beanery, a precursor to the Crock Pot, it was a gift. It brought tender and flavorful food to millions of tables throughout America and beyond. But what has this got to do with back to school season and Black …read more
Teacher + Love
As a child, August was the month where I felt a sense of pure freedom. With school a whole month away, my friends and I spent our days biking through quiet streets, eating ice cream at Homers and on the sandy beaches of Lake Michigan. Unbeknown to …read more
Grill is on! Chicken Gyro & Tzatziki
Gyro & Tzatziki – a gyro is delicious, succulent marinaded pieces of meat cooked on a rotisserie grill and popped into a warm pita rolled into a cone. A gyro can be dressed with with Tzatziki; a fresh and creamy cucumber mint sauce.
