Cooking: Want a fun evening and… learn something?

There were great deals going on at the market. Do you ever buy meat and then forget to cook or freeze it? Maybe you delay or you’re just not in the same mood to eat it as when you bought it? I swore that would not happen again. I have no excuse, you see. I […]

Blog Stat Gossip – you know what I’m talking about, don’t you?

Get two bloggers talking and inevitably up will come the subject of our readers – what they like, what they walk right on by, what’s a hit, what’s not.  Complex calculations on how to please your followers. As you know, I surrendered on this and simply throw my punches out there, sometimes it’s a wild […]

It’s Officially Fall ~ I am nesting

It was a gorgeous day here in a suburb of South Seattle. Blue skies, warm sun, just a faint hint of Fall – a kind of Indian summer quality to the air that cooled as darkness quietly fell. I know it is Fall because suddenly I am nesting. This means my interest in cooking has […]

BBQ Spareribs, potatoe salad, bake beans – it’s what’s for dinner

This all started because of my neighbor, Steven. A couple of months ago, Steven asked, while petting Ella, if I liked BBQ sauce. Why yes, yes, I do. Turns out he has taken over his father-in-law’s recipe and started a side business of selling BBQ sauce. He offered me a jar and asked that I […]