Category: Blog

One of the amazing things about India is it has, and is, split into 28 regions, or states, where each has its own language, dress, food traditions, and culture. This… [Continue Reading]

Nearly two years ago a friend, Valerie, told me she was finding too many foods she could no longer eat without digestive problems, and asked me to post something about… [Continue Reading]

This is part one of a two part post on the issue of food and eating as we age; specifically written for those of us 50+ years of age. To… [Continue Reading]

Wether you are a cook or a baker, there are basic measuring tools everyone needs in their kitchen . This post is a description of those tools and anything I… [Continue Reading]

I was browsing Netflix for something to watch and realized there were a number of cooking-related topics and shows I have been following over the last couple of years. Of… [Continue Reading]

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]