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Shrimp, when cooked, turn this lovely shade of pink. I swear that pink hue has a direct connection to my taste buds.  I see that color and I want to pop one of those succulent little morsels into my mouth and savor their deliciousness. They look pinkalicious as my grand-daughter would say. Yet a few…

Having friends in to dinner is one of my favorite things to do. A formal, ‘sit-down’ type dinner is not my favorite. I love is to serve my food buffet style. Friends can take what they want, how much they want, and choose where to sit( and whom to sit next to!). I prepare easy-to-serve…

    My maternal grandmother was such a good cook. Grandma made everything, soups, desserts, pickled fish loaves, breads, and gravies, all to accompany wonderful meals. I remember her sauerkraut. So delicious with just a bit of pork in it and thickened just a tad with leftover mashed potatoes. Grandma and my grandpa had a…

Mushrooms are one food I can rarely say ‘no’ too. I love every variety, and love mushrooms in every style of use. Fried, sautéed, broiled, chopped, stewed, you get the idea. Mushrooms are so good, and yes they are good for you. Never liking canned mushrooms I always buy mushrooms from the produce section of…

Many items in home kitchens are so practical and so utilitarian and for most part, so plain and lifeless looking!  As a result kitchen tools are usually rather boring to look at as well. How attractive is stainless steel, hard plastic, or clear glass? Recently many small appliances, mixers, blenders, pots and pans are showing…

Sometimes as strange as it sounds, I think we humans must be born with a gene that makes us turn up our noses at Brussels sprouts. Yes some individuals do outgrow this and develop a ‘Brussels sprout sense’ that over-rides that gene. Some of us develop this earlier than others, some never. Silliness of course,…

Valentine’s Day evokes thoughts of romantic dinners, sweet love notes, lovely gifts, batting eyelashes, succulent chocolates and fragrant roses. Reality check – sometimes that fantasy world is far from this planet.  Kids to get set for school the next day, work projects overdue, sitters over-priced and hard to get, tired mates, restaurant prices jacked up…

Looking for a sumptuous steak for dinner? Something just a bit rare, full of flavor and texture? Something filled only with good fats and about zero bad fats? Something you cut with your knife and sense your mouth watering before your fork even makes it to your tongue? This is it! Yellow fin tuna fits…

Years ago while in a High School Home Economics class, in which only girls were allowed to participate at the time (can you believe it?) we were told to never, never, never eat bay leaves. Bay leaves were poisonous and could do nasty things to your body. Hmm, but yet we put them our soups,…

  Recently while chatting with a friend we were talking about food, recipes, and good ‘eats’ in general. My friend was trying not to complain, but complaining nicely. (Is there such a thing?) Recently she had copied a recipe from a food magazine another woman shared with her. She was absolutely sure she copied it meticulously…