Fall is my favorite time of year.  I love the reprieve from the heat and hope of cool breezes and, just maybe rain!  For now, there is no ra...

Romesco sauce is a popular topping in Spain.  It hails from the Catalonia area of Spain and appears with roasted vegetables, fish or slather...

Today I was challenged to prepare a soup or chili that required me to use a slow cooker.  That means the dish had to be one that would stand...

There is a first time for everything, for me, it is using pickle juice.  I know that it is a regular thing for many cooks to use pickle juic...

We eat our fill of macaroni salad and potato salad during the warm months.  There is just something about it that says tasty!  I love the ta...

I gave Terry a choice today.  Should I make a Salmon Chowder or a Thai Crab and Corn Chowder?  I was leaning toward the crab.  He was leanin...

"Some days are like that...Even in Australia."   (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst...