• creamy corn soup with basil and biscuits

    - - In a previous blog, I wrote about our dining experience at the Poached Pear Bistro in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and the wonderful Jersey Corn Bisque. Recently in the New York Times, David Tanis...

  • pasta sauce challenge

    [Image description] Recently my husband had a conversation with an acquaintance of ours regarding pasta sauce. Both Chef K, my moniker for him, and I put up tomato sauce for future use. They talked about...

  • eat your vegetables

    - - I purchased a spaghetti squash and couldn’t decide if I should prepare a recipe I’ve already made or find something new. As a food blogger, I’m always looking for new recipes to share with my readers....

  • refresh

    - - Over the past several years, my husband and I have reduced the amount of red meat that we eat and have substituted eating a lot of chicken and turkey. With ground turkey, I’ve made turkey meatballs...

  • fresh, never frozen shrimp

    [Image description] Recently I was at my local Wegmans doing my weekly shopping. Although the humidity has dissipated, it is still rather warm. I swung by the seafood department and eyed possibilities...

  • The Poached Pear Bistro

    - - - - - - It was my husband’s birthday earlier in the week and I made a dinner reservation for us at The Poached Pear Bistro in Point Pleasant, NJ. One of his co-workers had mentioned he and his wife...