• yet another quick one

    [Image description] This past week I had the closing shift three times, and for the second time in two weeks, back to back nights. It may not be that awful if our dog, Daisy, slept past 4 a.m. My husband...

  • up your game

    [Image description] My daughter has friend from high school whose family owns Alexian Pate and Specialty Meats, in Neptune, NJ. A while ago, she gave me several pates. I love pate, perhaps it's because...

  • vintage recipe

    [Image description] I have to work three nights this week, so again it becomes a cooking challenge. Once again, I sifted through my recipes and I came across yet another one from the old Cooking Live...

  • dinner with the husband

    [Image description] I was off today and was able to make a great supper for my husband and I. I stopped off at Whole Foods on my way home from the gym. I found on sale Bell and Evans whole chicken for...

  • is it spring?

    [Image description] Despite what the calendar says, it doesn't quite feel like spring just yet. Just prior to the snow last week crocuses were coming up in my garden and my husband clipped a lone daffodil....

  • grilling during a snow squall

    [Image description] Last evening I was working the closing shift. It's always a challenge to plan a meal that can be done ahead, but yet reheated for my husband. So I rummaged through my file and came...