Below is the alphabetical list of, barring omissions on my part, everything that I made this year. Obviously, items that were made over...

As those of you who subscribe and receive my newsletter know, I loathe New Year's Eve as apparently (as illustrated above) does one of my...

I think we were slightly overambitious...This was a truly decadent meal but, not only did we miss the 10pm choral Christmas mass that we...

A spicy mix of chorizo, bison tips, goat's cheese ricotta, chopped tomato and broccoli rabe all encased in pastry shaped like a holiday...

Lazy, chilly Sunday afternoons are always the best day to bake, or stew or roast and fill the house with the good smell of something...

It has been a busy week and recipes have not, as of yet, gone as planned (hence my lack of posts). I have made cream puffs and cream...

#alltherest2018

Yesterday I made pumpkin soup from scratch in 10 minutes because L. has the flu and is feeling poorly. He kindly passed it on to me...

My mother turned 80 today so we decided to throw her a birthday tea party. L. made the sandwiches, Stubbie contributed the scones and...

Here are the images that I took of the various dishes that I cooked for this evening's dinner party. The food was much better to eat than...

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...but at least he clicked on Pity Party before upending the laptop and taking it hostage! #alltherest2018

And now to go home and research and dream up radish recipes... #alltherest2018

The balcony garden is doing well, too well perhaps... It has grown so abundantly that I have not been able to keep up. The resulting...

It is amazing how much you can grow in a small space if you want to. I have curtailed our options to herbs and minimal fruit/veggies but,...

Though i was disappointed this week, I look forward to my CSA box. Apparently, so do the cats. We do show and sniff every week; I really...

L. offered to make sushi for my sister's boyfriend's birthday but, somehow, when he was done with his menu there were an equal number of...

Well, it is Sunday... P.S. My mother has asked me to clarify that that is the cats' bed and not mine and that I would never feed them in...

Beet, green apple, apple-mint and lime. #alltherest2018

Those of you who are Pity party subscribers know that last week was not my best and that I was looking forward to Monday and a fresh, new...

My sister's boyfriend is vegetarian; she is not. She invited herself to dinner last night, and we were glad to have her, but this is...

Last night's dinner was supposed to be a Vietnamese Summer Roll based salad bowl so perhaps it was not surprising that, upon exiting the...

#alltherest2018

To reward myself for spring cleaning the kitchen, which means going the extra mile from emptying all cupboards and wiping down the...