There is a much larger story surrounding my endeavor to make homemade tomato paste. This story will be told at a later date. Today, I will just share my triumph of will and patience that led to this culinary...
The newest beautification to my life comes in the form of a gratin dish. I know, bizarre. Every year we host Thanksgiving dinner and every year I make an Onion Gratin. It is a rich and beautiful dish, but...
This weeks Journal 52 had three options for a prompt: skulls, crows or what the heart knows. Since I am not a big on drawing hearts and kind of suck at being girly in that way, ‘what the heart...
There is possibly nothing more comforting than a creamy chicken dish. I don’t care if it’s chicken and biscuits, a hearty pot pie, chicken and rice soup, any variation makes me happy! This creamy...
This year we have a new addition to give thanks for at our holiday table: butter-steamed Brussels sprouts. Now, I get it, many feels that they are gross or bitter or otherwise yuck. Brussels sprouts are...
Way back in Week 17 of Journal 52, there was a prompt called Rise or Fall that asked the journaler to consider ‘rising up, rising above or rising again’ and there was a bonus for creation of a...
Today’s adventure is a blend of two earlier posts, my 2016 food goals and one on being a tourist in your own town. The plan was to hit the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, see the sponsored Rockwell Alley...
Earlier this week I attended a two-day training in Ithaca, NY, and each day my boss and I explored the food around the Commons area. For anyone not familiar with Ithaca, there is a four-block section of State...