Having just overcome the oppressive feeling of crappy shoes only to find liberation today in twelve fresh hours in shiny new comfy clogs. “Like floatin on a cloud of T!22i@3…”

Kind of a great and bad time of the year. Great as everything is in and fresh and great tasting and wonderful! Bad because the tasks for the gleaning are just starting and gleaning means the end of the fresh vegetables! So today we examine the cleaning of the carrot rows. This it the last of the stragglers, ready to be put up for a winters day when we need a remin... Read More

This is what we came up with for a menu this year at our Friday night winemakers dinner.

The Two Rivers Winery and Chateau
Presents:
An Evening with the Wine Makers

Reception
Lamb Kebobs with Two dipping sauces
Tomato Jam sauce
Tzatziki sauce
Featuring Two Rivers Merlot

Salad
Smoked Duck bedded on Frisee with a... Read More

Well did they??? Jacques, Julia, down and out in P and L. Did they feel like we feel or is it time to take charge. Partner in crime here….

So the third weekend in September finds the Colorado Mountain Winefest in full swing. And the weekend presents a great opportunity for money making in putting on fine dining events. This year we had been planning for quite some time, Five Courses on Friday night for 125 people, Nine Courses for Saturday night with strolling strings for entertainment and finally the ... Read More

I learned a few weeks ago that some friends were coming out from the city to spend the night. This was sweet; it was going to be payback. They have put us up and fed us when we go in - great restaurants, conversation and drink. She works for a major grocery chain, so we get to go to Cards games from time to time. In short, I felt I owed these folks a great meal.Read More

Ah a table for five! The joys of company. I am no longer alone on my journey. Long since past are the days of Savannah, and now on to American Samoa. Ah Vailima. The only Samoan word you need to know.

A little history for those of you who don’t know. I am part of a flight crew and travel all over the world. I cook in a four foot kitchen on an air... Read More

I had an interesting bride yesterday. A very thoughtful woman, getting married in her “later years”. When I met with her about a month ago, she had all sorts of ideas about how she wanted her cake to look, and she had a great idea about a grooms cake for her future husband.

Jean wanted her wedding cake to be two entwined wedding rings. Simply decora... Read More

Rated PG-17: sexual situations

Otis Hesitation - The Ballad of Tino and Mercette

Part 2

Three of the men and two of the women shifted forward, waiting for the lift to stop on the first floor. The others backed away slightly. One of the comely, young women bumped into Antonio and mur... Read More

Here’s a story that’s a little about food and a lot about passion, sex, tango dancing and elevators.

Rated PG-17 - sexual situations, and racy rooftop rendevouz

Otis Hesitation - The Ballad of Tino and Mercette

PART 1

Antonio Borges liked the nickname his friends ... Read More