• Western Adventure – Prologue

    We have just returned from a three-week-long trip West. All five of us left home June 26, and drove up to northern New Mexico where we left the Prof and Jack at a…

  • Cookbook Series – Part Deux

    Mastering the Art of French Cooking is the cookbook du le semaine. The cote de poc sauce neuette was quite indulgent, and quite easy. The signature on the front cover of the cookbook…

  • Cookbook Series!

    First: a visual representation of why I barely get to write here anymore: Every time I sit down to write – or, well, do anything – my little friend sprawls his limbs across…

  • Sunday Morning Meal Planning

    I am a hibernating bear, ensconced in blankets on the couch from now til spring. This is an impulse I always have this time of year, and Omicron has exacerbated my worst tendencies.…