When I blog about food, typically it has been on Mondays. But, Monday gave way to a book review and Tuesday – well, Tuesday, my Mom was on my mind so I wrote about her. But, my plan was to write a food post on Buffalo Chicken Wings on Monday. This Sunday I experimented with…
Peaches are in season! They are one of my favorite fruits! Since I wanted to preserve some of that sweet flavor of late summer for the cold days of winter, I decided to make freezer jam. And, not just the standard strawberry freezer jam that our mother’s used to make! I found a recipe for…
In a few recent posts, I discussed blueberry picking and blueberry pie. Last night I made blueberry scones! This was a recipe I had saved from the Food Network website a while back. I knew with a bowl of fresh blueberries sitting in my fridge, I just had to try it! “Scones got their start…
Hog dogs are always a matter of debate depending on where you are from. But, having lived in the northeast and midwest, we still feel that the hot dogs in Buffalo, New York are the best hot dogs around! Nowhere that we’ve lived outside of Western New York has captured our love for a good…
It’s been almost four years since I’ve written about one of my favorite sandwiches, but since I ate two of them this week at two different restaurants, I thought it was time I wrote about it again. The sandwich is popular in Western New York and It’s called Beef on Weck. This hearty, meat forward…
I should definitely not be writing this post. I love candy and always have. As I’ve aged, I’ve realized that candy is an “empty” food, which means one that does not have any nutritional value. Still, I’m very much attracted to a sweet treat. I remember being “in charge” of my sister, two years my…
Last week, my husband found a recipe in a cook book we’ve had for almost ten years. We’ve been trying to cook new dishes regularly. This dish was called Mustard Milanese with an Arugula Fennel Salad from Deb Perelman’s The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook (2012). It was so tasty! We’ll definitely be making it again. Beyond…
Yesterday, I took an intro to foraging class. It was held by an organization called the Driftless Folk School and the session took place on the grounds of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve near La Farge, Wisconsin. This area is a jaw-droppingly (my own term) beautiful part of Wisconsin. I was excited to go, as much…
We have not travelled for pleasure during the pandemic with the exception of seeing our sons and my parents. During these trips, we’ve been very careful. Yesterday, we visited our youngest son who moved to St. Paul Minnesota at the end of January. One of the first things we did was visit an Italian Market…
A few weeks ago I wrote about how I have been debating about going back onto the Keto Diet for a while. I had gained some (less than three pounds) of my lost weight back and was not happy. But, by just watching my portions and cutting back on some of the carbs, I lost…