So, pretty much everybody knows the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, right?

And, especially the scenes with the groom’s parents and the gift of the bundt cake!

Well, our family now has “A Big Fat Italian Engagement Announcement”.

And, honestly, I had nothing to do with it, except that the bride-to-be is our youngest ... Read More

The North American bison (buffalo) is starting to roam again onto the plates of restaurants and the meat counters of butcher shops and natural food stores. After faltering in the 1990’s when producers were left with a surplus of burger meat and chuck roasts, while supplying a... Read More

I know it has been a long time since I last posted. Each day I think “I should write…” and the next thing I know, the day becomes another day which disappears and…

So much has been happening, that I hardly know where to start. Except, I do know that life has its ups and downs. But I prefer to look at the ups - why dwell on the other stuf... Read More

A few blocks away from my kitchen is our city farm market where I do a lot of my shopping for work. Chefs and farmers have always had a partnership of sorts and the market is where the two groups come together to do a little business, strike deals, kick around ideas and just hang ou... Read More