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...

  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...

"One of these things is not like the others...." in that you've already seen it:  the yogurt-creamed gazpacho.  The night Lynn and James came over for dinner was an all-out Mediterranean Diet pleasure and one of the first days in a long time that I actually did get all 8 of my fr...

My cousin, MIchelle, has been commuting over an hour and a half each way for a year now to finish up her Bachelor's Degree.  We're so proud of her we threw a big party for her at mine and Gene's house following the graduation ceremony.  Not only was it a great family get-together, we got t...