An update on Dates from a visit to Dateland, Arizona
Date varieties: Mejool-Considered the ultimate delicacy, Medjool dates are the largest dates grown in North America. They are a soft, sweet, succulent date with a velvety texture and a taste so decadent that Medjool dates were originally grown in Morocco exclusively...
Food/Restaurant/Dinner In or Out Trend for 2025
"The hottest trend in hospitality will be … hospitality.Getting wrapped in a warm blanket of good service is an antidote to feelings of disconnection and loneliness, which Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has identified as a growing public health epidemic. He suggests...
Thanksgiving Mash
It may be “thyme” for butternut squash but it’s also a “sage” adventure to tweak the traditional herbs used in cooking butternut squash. Colorful and uniquely shaped winter squashes abound locally in autumn and hold well throughout the winter season. Bring several...
Buffalo NY Reviving—A Summer Visit, Look No Snow!
Buffalo NY is having a revival moment. .....After a community campaign netted $110,000,000 and a 3 1/2 year closure, the Albright-Knox Museum has been reborn as the AKG Art Museum. (the G is Jeffrey Gundlach who contributed...
Ceramics class at Lakefield College, Ontario
Wonder what the assignment was here? Love the sweet thoughts and learning whilelaboring/creating. Band Camp for non-players is also alot of fun. These were framed art projects hanging on the Lakefield College school halls.
Cheesy Cannellini Bean Bake with Tomato Paste & What is Tomato Paste anyway?
I just happened to have a can of white cannellini beans in the cupboard and some tomato paste when I read Ali Slagle’s recipe Cheesy White Bean-Tomato Bake in a recent New York Times. The discovery was that the Tomato ingredient was Tomato Paste. (Luckily, I had...
Orange Lightening Cake —A Perfect Match for a Tampa Bay Breakfast or Dessert
Orange LIghtning Cake Soon after moving to Dunedin, I learned that Tampa Bay was dubbed the Lightning Capital of North America. After observing several lightning storms and doing a little research, I now understand the sea-breezes that develop on both coasts of...
100 Year Old Beef Taco Tradition vs Viral Smash Burgers on Tortilla Today
El Charro Cafe—The original El Charro, founded in 1922, is the oldest Mexican restaurant in Tucson; the original owner, Monica Flin, is said to have invented the chimichanga. And... I believe she invented the original Smash Burger Taco also. elcharrocafe.com...
A Cute Card— A Handwritten Comedic Quote —A Wonderful Birthday Gift
Inside this cute card is a sentence surrounded by Quotation Marks and attributed to Unknown. Whoever sent this, took some time learn about my promotion of vegetables. Here it it:" Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a Fruit Salad." On...
Glamorous Cocktail at Home for Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day