Gene and I were watching Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives a few days ago on Food Network and we were both struck by this dish served at a diner owned by a Polish family.  We both kept trying to get the name of it so I could Google it but the best we could come up with was that it rhymed wi...

  My first King Cake!  Not only do I love this cake, which is much more like a pastry than a traditional cake, I have to pat myself on the back and explain that not only did I start this at 5pm tonight (and finish about 8:30pm), that was AFTER finishing up a two day very stressful certif...

This quote has absolutely nothing to do with food other than the blessing that I have found through meeting so many nice people by blogging.  Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of whic...

  A few months ago, I told you about when my friend Carol's husband, Paul, died. It was so unexpected, such a shock that we were all stunned. What do you do?  Flowers seemed so little and we all stood by, helpless to help Carol.  In a fit of being...well...me, I ordered a huge ...

  Lemon Chicken Scallopini is one of my favorite dishes so it appears fairly frequently on my table, especially when entertaining. It's one of those recipes that people always enjoy and seem to be impressed with but, in reality, the dish is super simple to make and quite a bit of it can be...

  We all know that you don't have to spend a lot of money to have a good time but I think the opposite of that which is also true is that sometimes it's fun to splurge a little and have a great time. That's what we chose for New Year's Eve. Because Thanksgiving and Christmas we...

Look for these: Cuties Clementines   I'm starting a new series called "Look for This!" to point out new-to-me foods stuffs or products or whatever that trip my trigger.  Cuties Clementines are one of those "look for these!" items.  I got my hands on a ...

I was thankful for getting to see from a front row seat the generosity of a wonderful blogger and heart of gold gal, Dianne, of   Dianne's Dishes . Dianned dropped me a note a little while back expressing her support of mine and Aunti Miranda's NICU hat project and asked if I wou...

    I don't know why I thought making pasta was hard.  I've been making home-made noodles for Chicken noodle soup for years, literally since I was a kid in my mom's kitchen, but throw the Kitchen Aid pasta accessories at me and suddenly I'm intimidated.  WAS i...

    The mom of the little fella I made the turkey butt hat for left several messages for me with the RN's and RT's that she'd love it, pretty please, if I could make her little bubba a Christmas hat with antlers....well...come on now, not only is that a challenge...it sounds ...