• yet another quick one

    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 takes the 10 p.m....

  • up your game

    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 my mother use to...

  • vintage recipe

    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 show, one of the original...

  • dinner with the husband

    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 $1.99/lb., what a...

  • is it spring?

    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. However, yesterday...

  • grilling during a snow squall

    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 up with barbecue turkey...