Party Time

As my good, and younger, friend was kind enough to point out, yesterday was my 39th birthday. Herself made a delicious cheesecake, and some friends and family were kind enough to stop by and partake.

My sister and brother-in-law gave me a All Clad Saute Pan, which I used this evening to make gratin. Which [...]

Brand New Key

Hopefully – maybe – my picture uploading problems are over.

Daisy Glaze

I hope you had all had a lovely 4th of July. Here are some pictures of mine.  I have some more recipe annotations to add, but not tonight.

4th of July

“For I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man”

-Thomas Jefferson

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our People, and eat out their substance.”

-The Declaration of Independence

Truth Bitter Truth

There was a time when I was a connoisseur of cheap beer.  Koch’s Golden Anniversary, Carling Black Label,  Schaefer, Red White & Blue: I knew them all.  So I read with interest this taste test of cheap, domestic cans of beer conducted by the Going Out Gurus.  Here are the ratings, with my comments.

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Strange Weather

There was a time when I knew any number of Bill Cosby routines. A friend’s parents had the LPs, and we listened to them constantly. Later, of course, we graduated to George Carlin, by way of Class Clown.

Anyhow, I hadn’t thought of those Cosby LPs in years. Until this past month of June, which [...]