It's a frequent dilemma in my home. What on earth am I gonna fix for dinner? It's especially heinous when I'm cooking for other people. Most folks are quite opinionated about food! Seriously, I've heard it all.
Green peas are the spawn of Satan.
I like onions, just not too many onions.
Extra spicy for me, please.
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Hummingbird Cake is one of my favorite cakes. It's easy. It's moist. It tastes like a cross between banana bread and a spice cake. And, when I take it to a potluck, people always ask if it really has hummingbirds in it. "Yes," I reply emphatically, "and those little boogers are hard to catch!"
This is another one of my mom's recipes. It comes from her Presbyterian church cookbook. I'm no...
I'm a big fan of any holiday that involves drinking beer celebrating the life of a patron saint. I'm also a big fan of any holiday that involves feasting! This year's SPD feast included the requisite corned beef with cabbage and other yummy vegetables, Irish soda bread, and pistachio cookies for dessert (because they're green). Oh, and a New York strip for Terry because he claimed not to like corned beef. Weirdo. I...
Last weekend, I helped my girlfriend, Lorilee, clean out an apartment belonging to Marialice, a 90 year old woman. Marialice recently entered a nursing home and will probably never return to her apartment. Since her family lives in France, Lorilee and I volunteered to help out. We threw away a lot of trash. We set aside furniture, clothes, and kitchen paraphernalia for Goodwill. And we boxed up keepsakes and photos to be kept by the family.
Cleaning out the apartment of...
