Happy Birthday Mom! 83 Years Young

February 8, 1931. A beautiful day indeed. The day my mother was born in Omaha, Nebraska. I wonder if her mother ever imagined how much joy and love this little girl would bring to so many people in her lifetime?  And today she is celebrating 83 years of life under the sun! After 83 birthdays … Read more

The Very Best All Purpose Cleaner

Since I am not cooking this week it is the perfect opportunity to share a recipe for something other than food! I have three wonderful cleaning tips to tell you about today.  They are’t  food for the body or the soul.  So let’s just say this is an extra, free, no additional charge! Last December … Read more

While The Cats Away … Confessions Of A Sometimes Cook

So it seems I have just learned something new ….I cook for my husband. That’s it. He is in New York and I’m not cooking.  Eating, yes.  Cooking, no. I told my sous-chef dish-washing mom that the refrigerator is loaded with left-overs, fresh vegetables and several packages of romaine lettuce.  So, when we want salad we will … Read more

Our Russian Dacha Visit on Kamchatka Peninsula

This is a photo of my darling chief culinary consultant and I while visiting Petropavlovsk, Russia in September. Petropavlousk is the only sizable city on Kamchatka Peninsula and home to over half the peninsula’s population.  The 776 mile long KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, westward from Alaska between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea, is often … Read more

Garlic Panini Bread

Hi friends!  This is just a quickie post to telly you about these wonderful garlic crisps I made recently.  I bought a loaf of sourdough bread to use in making Ham and Fig Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.  They were wonderful.  But I had bread left over.  I really like the crispness of the bread made from … Read more

Fried Green Tomatoes and Lotsa Mozzarella!

As summer and tomato season winds down, green tomatoes have a way of popping up.  Whether there are still a few green ones in your garden, or you find them at the farmers market, snatch them up!  Green tomatoes are loaded with flavor and can be fried or baked and turned into an exquisite snack … Read more