Author: Patty

Every year I try to mix up the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners by changing the cuisine. In 2020 Thanksgiving was traditional, and this year was a Steaksgiving. In 2019 Christmas… [Continue Reading]

I have done several posts suggesting ways to shop that also save money. On 20 December 2018 (revised 21 July 2020), one of my very first posts was on Shopping…. [Continue Reading]

There are materials used in the kitchen for decades now that line, cover, or hold our cooking efforts. These products have often been used without thought about their safety, efficacy,… [Continue Reading]

For a period of time in my youth, I had a very limited understanding of what the world of tea was all about. In Germany, as a child, I would… [Continue Reading]

This post details what my spouse and I did to modify my diet after I had knee replacement surgery. Our focus was on supporting muscle and bone healing after the… [Continue Reading]

Our son came down from Washington to visit this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday, and when he called a week ago, he asked that we consider doing a “steaksgiving”… [Continue Reading]

In 2019, The Atlantic asked a very important question: Why [are] millions of people … extremely eager to celebrate fake holidays sponsored by corporations? They were exploring the National Day,… [Continue Reading]

I have always known that the Nestlé brand was large, although I was not aware of HOW large. In the general information overload, the background noise we all live with… [Continue Reading]

The very first recipes I posted were, what I thought were my own invented list of International Egg Bites. They included one vegan version that is particularly tasty. Of course… [Continue Reading]

This post is tied to the Tex-Mex Cuisine post I published last year, in that Mexico’s food history has a critical role in both cuisines. While Mexican cuisine stands on… [Continue Reading]

In the USA, ~62% of adults consume coffee every day, drinking nearly 400M cups daily. But not all of us can drink coffee without negative side effects. Either, as a… [Continue Reading]

I have posted about our RV trip to the Peace + Plenty Farm where we bought some of their California grown, organic saffron. The picture above was taken once we… [Continue Reading]

I have written about food waste before, but it always bears repeating since this problem is so acute. Reviewing the Bay Area Recycling Outreach Coalition website is what initiated this… [Continue Reading]