Wonderful Saffron
Saffron is one of my favorite spices, it is also the most expensive spice in the world, so I use it sparingly. You can find recipes using it from across the globe, and amazingly enough despite their...
View ArticleCooking From the Heart
People cook for all sorts of reasons, for some it is a drudgery that must be endured, for me it is always from the heart. I cook, not just because it is a way to express my love for others— though...
View ArticleCan I Have That Recipe?
So often someone comes to my house for dinner, or I go to theirs, and one of us asks, ‘can I have that recipe?’. Sometimes the recipe is from a cookbook, or website, and then it’s easy, they look it...
View ArticleSometimes I Have a Good Idea
A lot of the cooking I do is based on what I have on hand, and not on a recipe, and sometimes I have a good idea, and sometimes things don’t work out at all. I have a friend who confided in me that her...
View ArticleDespite My Best Efforts
Despite my best efforts I have no recipe for you today. I had a great idea for a wonderful new soup, sure to impress and delight you, and despite my best efforts, it was a bit of a bust. I used to go...
View ArticleLittle Blue Book
I have been looking for my little blue notebook for a very long time. I love notebooks. When I was thirteen I read The Diary of Anne Frank and got my first diary with a tiny little lock and key. It was...
View ArticleMondays
I haven’t posted for two weeks, and now Monday is looming large before me. What do I say, what do I write? I had (foolishly) planned a post on portobella mushroom bacon, but it turned out pretty badly,...
View ArticleNo Cooking
I have been doing a lot of no cooking lately, and that’s a big challenge when you write a food blog. It all began a few months ago when my appetite deserted me, and that’s become my new normal. I have...
View ArticleLife Moves Fast These Days
The older I get the more I’m aware that life moves fast. When I was a teenager I often complained to my mother about how slowly time was crawling along, and that I’d never be a grown up. She warned me...
View ArticleBaking Myself Sane
We all have ways of maintaining our sanity and lately I’ve been baking myself sane. In the last week I’ve written the phrase ‘I’m losing my mind’ more times than I have in the rest of my life combined....
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