marshmallow-candy ice cream cones

eggplant, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers

Happy birthday, Bill!

We are celebrating with homemade milkshakes!

Breakfast at Showmars

Highland Gaelic Ale at Sir Edmond Halley's

You say Ictalurus, I say catfish

and we celebrate them on June 25 each year

Prosecco is for celebrating

When a friend publishes a new book



Congratulations Betsy and Charla!

Ready for summer dining

Here at the Big Lots close-out store

"No cheese" in quiche, says Julia Child

"The classic quiche Lorraine contains heavy cream, eggs and bacon, no cheese."
- Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking (New York: Knopf) 1967 p 147.


Guess we won't be inviting her to brunch at David and Linda's house, huh?

"Weekend food"

How else to explain the craving for Steak and Shake?

It's the first day of summer - NOW you may eat a tomato!

and if you want to grow your own, check out totallytomato.com

The two Cotswolds

One has Starbucks

(Charlotte, NC)


The other one doesn't

(Great Britain)

In honor of National Candy Month

One of my favorite books

It ain't Starbucks!

Maybe my favorite thing about South Carolina

Bountiful blueberries

'Tis the Season - for squash and cukes

Cat food. Again.

Focaccia with friends

from the amazing Nova's bakery

This is NOT food

You can change my bowl but the food still tastes the same...

Perfect Timing: Today is National Strawberry Rhubard Pie Day

Morning in Albuquerque. A doorbell rings. Mary Shannon with a toothbrush in her mouth opens the door.

"I, uh, I'm supposed to welcome you to USA network with this," says Bobby Goren, dressed in black and 2000 miles away from home New York. Mary looks down to see what he's holding. "It's, uh, it's a pie," he explains.

"A pie?" He hands it to her.

"Yeah, a pie."

"Pie."



"It's - um..." he bends down and sniffs audibly, "strawberry rhubarb."

"Super..." she nods.

"I gotta go," he points over his shoulder, " 'cause it's 32 hours to New York. Yeah, I put the siren on; it makes it go a lot faster..." he starts to get animated.

She interrupts. "Thank you."

Awkward smile. He nods, turns and leaves...

Now how do you suppose Bobby knew it was National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day???

Who goes to a party and focuses on fruit???

Uh, that would be me...

Why is movie popcorn so bad?

They sell a LOT of it, so it should be fresh. They CHARGE a lot for it, so they should be able to buy good ingredients...

Keep the martini, I just want the ICE!

It's 100 degrees today!



Well, I guess I would take the martini, too...

Welcome Home to Ben Thanh

Ben Thanh is named for the famous fresh food market in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) where everyone goes to purchase ingredients for cooking meals at home.

Planning ahead: String cheese saved the day

This was dinner on the plane...


..because you don't get meals any more. Not even pretzels!

Avedano's: "You can't beat our meat!"

and they have a sense of humor, too!

Starbucks, Schmar-bucks. We got Martha's!

Slogan of the Day