My taste buds are fickle and get bored easily. I love to cook with the seasons as the weather changes—a salad and fresh corn in the summer, a soup or stew when it snows. Yet, this time of year, I tire of winter fare and long for fresh—especially this winter with the weather so oddly [...]

What’s for dinner? Such a simple question and yet, it strikes terror in our hearts almost daily. I have a confession to make—and that is sometimes I hate that question as much as you do. I know, I write about food and love to develop new recipes. But, when stuck between a rock and a [...]

Grilling great pork chops is so much easier than you might have ever thought possible. Flavorful, tender, juicy! I grew up with those dry ones we used to call pork chops. Overcooked until not a drop of juice remained. Fried and flavorless! Not that Mom wasn’t a great cook—she was, but the standard was to [...]

  We have discovered a “new” spot for healthy, fast, and tasty lunches. We have also included this restaurant as a destination for dinners on those jam packed nights when we refuse to succumb to a burger joint as a mealtime option. The restaurant is Unforked. Our family enjoys the diverse menu and we especially [...]

I had put it off all summer. Once school started, I knew it couldn’t be postponed any longer. It was time… you know what I mean, it was time for “the talk” with my 13 year old daughter. Heavy sigh. The best way to begin was to print pictures with diagrams of what I was [...]