Once in a while Tony reminisces about the time everyone in the house was passing around a sickness. I don’t know how long we went with at least one person being sick, until at one point three people...

Happy Valentine’s Day! One time Tony and I were talking about our favorite old diners and he mentioned one and said, “They had the best red velvet cake.” I never had red velvet cake before our...

Last summer when I told my godmother about my blog, she asked if I’d seen the article in the New York Times Magazine about making your own ketchup and other sauces. I had not, and shortly afterward...

Onions must be one of the most versatile foods on the planet. I know some people don’t like them and pick them off of things like pizza and burgers. Raw onions can definitely have a potent scent and...

I went off on a little tangent since the last meat discussion but I’m back today with an American comfort food – meatloaf. It’s really one of the most basic and simple meals. You don’t need a lot of...

Yesterday I started talking about balance in diet and life, then forgot to make my point, which I so often do, then laid in bed dwelling on it much of the night only to completely forget what it was...

I was in the waiting room at the dentist today reading a Popular Science article about how some people are afraid of unhealthy food and eat the opposite extreme, for example, only eat leafy green...

  There used to be a restaurant called Red Rock Canyon by our old house that had the best carrots and roasted garlic smashed red-skin potatoes. I could always take or leave carrots until I had...

Today we’ll eat our roots literally and figuratively. Although I try modern cooking techniques and recipes, most of this blog is about eating foods our ancestors ate. People with strong ethnic ties...

You know that cooking is one great way for kids to learn to follow directions. Sometimes we learn the hard way to read all of the directions first, like after you’re done assembling something and have...

If you follow my blog, you know I have a heck of a lot of smelt in my freezer. Having vowed not to repeat the same recipe twice this year, the only way I could think of making it on short notice was...

I previously touched on how important omega-3 fatty acids are to cardiovascular and mental health. Capt. Joseph R. Hibbeln, MD, of the National Institutes of Health, points out that in most modern...