Good food feeds the soul
A cricket has made his home right outside our front door. He chirps all day long. I used to find it irritating because it is so loud and rarely stops, but now I find it peaceful. Life is strange in what we choose to love …
I have gained a few pounds over the winter. I could just blame it on the winter gain but most of it has been from not feeling well due to secondhand smoke from my neighbor’s place. It really is amazing how smoking kills the respiratory …
Day 10 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge is savory with Lemon, Fennel and Olive Oil Shortbread Cookies. I enjoy savory cookies and think they are really underused. Not all cookies have to be sweet to be enjoyable. Toasting the fennel seeds brings the oils …
Day 6 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and it is gluten-Free Ginger Cookies. It was going to be Mexican Wedding Cookie day but they just did not turn out right. It was sad to see them lying in the trash but that is the …
Day 4 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and it is Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Shortbread Cookies. A mixture of savory ingredients in a sweet cookie, uses some of the beautiful Sicilian sun-dried cherry tomatoes we brought back from Italy. The tomatoes are more like …
Hubby will laugh when he reads this, but I really do not fancy myself much of a baker. Yes, I do it but I do not think it is where my strong points lie in cooking. That is part of the reason I decided to …
It’s cookie exchange time of year, so I thought I would challenge myself and anyone else who wants to take part in a Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge. I’m going to bake a baker’s dozen of cookies and post a cookie blog for 13 days. Pheewwww, …
Recently the hubby and I had a date night out at The Populist, a small farm-to-table restaurant at 31st and Larimer in Denver. The food and the atmosphere was excellent as well as the awesome staff. I know most of you aren’t from Denver but service …
Simplicity. What appears as the easiest dish to make in both ingredients and tastes is often the hardest to get right. Simple dishes generally combine just a few ingredients and yet are able to blow you away with the combination of flavors. I love simple dishes. Traveling …
It’s the last week of October and time to start thinking about cool weather and the upcoming holiday season. Denver is finally cooling off, it’s been unseasonably warm but we have frost in the forecast for tonight. Fragrant rosemary, lemon scented geraniums and the fluorescent …