• two new cookie recipes

    - - ​I don’t care how hot the weather may be; I still bake a batch of cookies each week. In fact, this week, I baked two batches. On a recent episode of America’s Test Kitchen, Bridget Lancaster did...

  • plan b

    [Image description] As I head out the door for qigong this morning, my husband asks, “What’s for supper?” I reply, “I don’t know.” I have a bunch of recipe clippings sitting in my notebook on the kitchen...

  • is it too hot to cook?

    - - - - - - The inevitable summer dilemma is what to cook when the weather turns unbearable. Whether your house is air conditioned or not, cooking during heat kitchen isn’t very motivating. Let me share...

  • inspiration

    [Image description] ​Do you ever find yourself standing in front of the meat case at your local market waiting for inspiration to hit? Or do you open your freezer door thinking, “What can I make for supper?”...

  • weekend roundup

    - - - - As you may recall, I have a wide variety of herbs in my yard this summer. My husband purchased four lemon scented herbs i.e., lemon grass, lemon thyme, lemon verbena and lemon balm. In the April...

  • Peachy

    [Image description] It’s peach season and they’re coming in sweet and juicy! In the past I’ve prepared Grilled Teriyaki Pork Chops with Summer Peach Salsa from the “Bounty of Biltmore Cook Book” by Oxmoor...