Since we had leftover chicken from Monday, here are the instructions on mixing chicken salad. First, when you’re cleaning the meat off of the chicken, throw in any of the herb or spice mixture that...

When I cleaned the counters the other day I found a Cooking Light magazine from October, 2012. I haven’t gone through it yet to figure out what I saved it for, but today the cover photo of a streusel...

I feel compelled, after ripping on chicken the other day, to provide the dear readers a chicken recipe (and a beer can scavenger hunt story), because my point isn’t to make everyone a vegetarian...

  You may notice red dye on the ingredients label for salmon at your local grocery store. That indicates a farm-raised fish, which cannot naturally feed on zooplankton to get its pinkish color...

Today I had to clean the counter which meant moving a pile of cookbooks, magazines, and recipe notes. One of the cookbooks is Cooking for Heroes and was handed out by the American Red Cross1 one time...

Slow cooker (crockpot) recipes can really save you from a lot of stress around the dinner hour. Usually you dump everything in the pot and turn it on, so they are super easy. If there’s a chance you...

Tony spoke the famous words tonight, “There’s no way I can mess this up.” First, the menu for today had green beans on it. Then my son’s camp van got stuck in traffic on the beltway returning from a...

I saw on Facebook that my neighbor and friend was going to the Howard County Fairgrounds for the weekend Pow Wow. He has a Native American jewelry and arts shop here on Main Street. After getting the...

A new farmer’s market opened on Main Street in New Market, across the street from my B&B. The building is going to open soon as a breakfast and lunch restaurant called Vintage. I’m particularly...

When I first heard of portobello burgers, I thought it sounded like mushroom overload, but they actually taste remarkably like regular burgers. In fact, most places call them mushroom steaks (you...

Finally got around to making the calzone that I promised last month. My mother-in-law made these with Italian sausage instead of the spinach. I got a late start so I didn’t feel like making separate...

There’s a natural food store and café in Frederick, MD, called Common Market that has been there since 1974. It’s similar to Whole Foods except more focused on small local farms, reasonably priced...