Stopped by the meat market on the way home Friday… picked up some buffalo burgers and some fresh veal!  I love veal, it gets a bad rap from the fur haters but in truth it is a very important part of the economics of the dairy farm.  No one wants bull calves… not to many want to feed out a Holstein or Brown Swiss for butcher.  They just don&#... Read More

The third Saturday of March finds me down at the soup kitchen cooking for the homeless.   As many readers know I cook at the soup kitchen once per month.  I like the challenge of creating a balanced meal for the clients with what ever donation come through the door.  I look at it as "Iron Chef Soup Kitchen" contest.  Let me introduce... Read More

This time of the year the wines start to come in to be evaluated for the September wine dinners.  My daughter is home on spring break so she would be my extra taster.  The wines coming in for this tasting are from Garfield Estates Winery of Palisade, Colorado. 

Painting right?

A well trained chimp could do it right?

It’s just flapping dye up an’ down a bloody buggery wall with a bleeding bloomin’ brush for a few hours right?

Wrong.

Egaaaaaaaaaaaaaad… so very, very wrong.

As I gaze in agape agastment at what I have wrought I know now that painting is quite the skill.<... Read More

Now has come the time to discuss the need for some levity in our dealings… the fates love a man who laughs in the face of loss and as much as we wish the gods to favour us we must remember that the gods will give us all the good fortune that we take for ourselves. No more, no less.

After many delays at last the space is plugging along… I am 3/4 thro... Read More

I found myself in a nearby city as of late and decided to go out for breakfast. There were not many places to choose from, so I decided to take the best of the worst places.

Upon entering I found myself looking at a group of people waiting to be seated. As I waited I began to look around the place. It was nicely decorated and... Read More