Years That Answer

My husband introduced me to things like mayonnaise and butter after we married. My family had more plebeian tastes. We used Miracle Whip and...

I had a beautiful day yesterday.  It was cold enough that I could stay in bed with a quilt on top of me. That's a lovely way to wake up,...

My brother, Big D, came for dinner last night.  He was on a business trip and stopped over to visit. We grew up in a super ethnic enclave in...

When I was a child in the 1950s, and a tween/teen in the 1960s, birthday celebrations were low key. In my family you got a homemade cake, an...

Yesterday, Tom and I went on the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, and then on to the city of Mount Dora for Cuban food. It was a much needed dis...

Ragu Bolognese! It took forever, probably because I followed a recipe.  I began by transforming pancetta and garlic into a smooth paste. Bec...

Visitor season in Florida is going on full force as the frozen Northlanders make their way south to warm up. This natural phenomenon also wa...

In the time-honored spirit of excessive winter holidays, I made a killer brunch on Christmas day. It was delightfully over the top. Of cours...

I can't believe Thanksgiving is this Thursday. It is as if I went to sleep last July and then woke up this morning. What a wonderful and...

I'm eating peach pie. My husband's pie crust is remarkable. We are a team; he makes the crust and I make the filling. I must confess...

We had visitors two weeks ago. We have visitors this week. We will have more visitors the week after next. It is an embarrassment of riches,...

I have been baking for the holidays. You, too? My father's family has been in the U.S. since 1714, so they are totally Americanized, wit...

Sheesh, I can't believe we are really going to stage another relentlessly sunny Thanksgiving in flip flops and shorts.  As the day appro...

I have a box filled with old recipes. Some typed, some painfully constructed in all caps on index cards of varying sizes. Others are xeroxed...

What a great time, 3 generations of women together in NYC . Sure, there was squabbling and snark; however, those inevitable moments sparked...

I love peanut butter. I am thankful I was not cursed with a peanut allergy. You might think I am being facetious or shallow, but I am quite ...

W e made a whirlwind trip to Upstate NY in mid-May . It was the first time we went back since moving to Florida in March 2014. We arrived l...

Well, if you can believe it I ate our second homegrown tomato of the season this morning. I chopped it up and sprinkled it on a split five g...

I have been craving the perfect chocolate cake for a couple of months.  I try not to have dessert because I absolutely don't need it , ...

Much in the news these days about the epidemic of obesity.  Last week T and I went to the barbecue restaurant downtown.  It is hard to eat...