Eating Spring

Spring has arrived and the promise of new vegetables is on the minds and palates of food lovers everywhere. For those of us in the Midwest, who can’t benefit from year-round gardening, the early crops that can go in the ground now are watched and nurtured with near obsessive attention as thoughts of fresh greens, [...]

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WCB-Snuggling time and Bunny Ears

Poor Bustopher…..it was Mike’s idea for me to give him bunny ears! Honest! He just wanted to be near Mama!
And Harmon curled his large frame into the snuggest spot against my leg after trying in vain to climb somewhere on my lap, which didn’t exist due to the confines of the chair and the computer. [...]

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Stinkin’ up the Web

As bloggers, we all joke about trying to ‘taste’ a delicious looking food picture right on the computer screen, but the current issue of Network Computing points out that the ability to smell your way through the ‘net might not be that far off.
From March 19, 2007 Buzz Bites section, Andrew Conry-Murray writes:
Here’s a [...]

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An Event for Life

April is Cancer Control Month, a designation that was put in place to raise awareness of the fight against cancer. Chris at Mele Cotte is hosting an event to bring together a collection of healthy recipes to encourage the practise of a healthier lifestyle. I submitted my Miracle in a Bowl to the event.
From Chris’ [...]

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Pork and Vegetables in Peanut Sauce

I love peanut sauce; love it madly, truly, deeply. There is precious little available on the market that rivals what you can make from scratch and it’s goofy easy to put together with the right ingredients on hand. Most recipes I have seen are long, but not complicated. Measure, mix and use. Simplicity that will [...]

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Miracle in a Bowl

…..also known as Soup for the Soul, or if you need everything to be technical, Pesto Vegetable Soup
Think about the merits of a good bowl of soup, and what it can do to restore and rejuvenate. We eat chicken soup when we are sick; we eat comforting creamy soups to ward off the chill that [...]

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Such a slacker…..

After a month’s hiatus from anything involving the Food and Wine 100, I did finally post something on the other web site.
Check it out HERE.

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WCB-Let’s Play Camouflage!

Quick….if both cats shut their eyes, which one do you think would disappear into the background????
Join lovely Luna at CatSynth for this weekend’s Cat Blogging fun. Ahhh…..music and cats, two of life’s greatest joys.

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I need a warning sign of some sort

*Warning*     Baking Ahead. Calorie count potentially high.     *Warning*
Once in a while, in our area, we get air alert warnings telling us of the high level of pollutants in the air and how it’s hazardous for those with respiratory diseases. Griffin has asthma that is well controlled, thank God and these alerts only make me a [...]

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Less thought, more cooking I say

Let’s start with rice pilaf, shall we??
My time lately has been occupied with making some freezer meals for my cousin and his family who are in a stressful stage of life right now. I love being able to help them out; they are family, after all, and what kind of person would I be [...]

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