Serious Backyard Garden in West Bloomfield, NY
No worries about mowing grass here for these thoughtful, busy retirees. Note the "volunteer" sunflowers attracting bees to pollinate. Found borage and lavender for the same reason. Nella was bonkers for Borlotti Italian beans ("perfect for pasta e fagioli"); Marcie...
Tomato Basil Salad +++
Perfect summer salad: Rather thick slices of Florida tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, chiffonade fresh basil, + 2 heirloom tomatoes sliced, ++Sweety Drop Peppers+++ easily made in a hotel room. Just had to bring the dish, olive oil, salt and pepper and a small...
Pecos Texas Cantalopes
If you happen to be in west Texas area, July30,31 and August 7,2016, consider celebrating the town's famous Cantalope. I would love to see the Cantalope bombing....could not locate a photo. Maybe someone will send? "Cantaloupe (From USA Today The Pecos Cantaloupe...
Think about It!
Did you hear the one about the gal whose friends kept nagging her to donate a preposition? In the end, she gave in.
Cooperation
Traveling and waylayed in Ithaca NY. Amazed to find an App titled IthacaFastFood.com that delivers meals to your hotel room from Burger King, MacDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Arby's, Taco Bell, Panera, Moe's and Wendy's. Amazing cooperation among competitors. What is the...
Egg Trivia
An egg 1 hour at room temperature ages more than a refrigerated egg ages in a week. Eggs keep fresh for 1 month in refrigerator.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your atttiude.”
Peacock-tailing
Foodcabulary Peacock-tailing, v. ordering obscure and unknown cocktails in order to draw attention of oneself
When are baby carrots not baby carrots?
Excerpted from The Washington Post article by Roberto Ferdman, 1/13/16 Mike Yurosek, a carrot farmer from California, created a produce sensation. He called them baby carrots, really large and misshapen carrots that had no beauty for a retail customer. “It's hard to...
Honey—Definition
Condensed Love Agree/Disagree/or More to the story?