Culturally Confused

I love summer.  Love. It.  It's all warm outside, and there's tons of awesome things to eat.  You can go to the farmer's mark...

I have this thing for comfort food from back in the day.  "The day" being circa 1950's.  Yes, I'm aware I was not actua...

It's kinda late in the season for rhubarb, right?  I mean, it's a spring thing, isn't it?  Except I never saw any for sale th...

Holy shmoly, Batman!  Did you know that you can actually make root beer at home?  On your on stove?  Seriously.  It's not only possib...

I can't believe I have blogging for TEN YEARS.  Ten friggin' years.  It seems like yesterday when I started this thing, and it has t...

You know, once I made that delicious wedge salad yesterday, I started looking through the whole Zing! cookbook.  And looking through coo...

There's a tiny restaurant near me that has maybe 10 tables in the whole place.  The chef randomly walks out among the customers and c...

Last week when I told my sister that I was making cherry tomato cobbler, she thought I said cherry cobbler.  And she got very excited.  A...

My apartment complex owners used to be totally cool with everyone having a grill on their patio.  And some people actually used them out ...

I'm a big fan of stuffed jalapeño peppers.  They may be one of the most perfect appetizers.  Spicy chile?  Check.  Creamy, cheesy int...