Hurry up November! I want a piece of this pie.   I can’t wait for my daughter’s wedding this weekend; the last of my three kids to get married and the only daughter. I have dreamed of this day for years maybe even since the day she first made her appearance on this earth. I [...]

Raspberries and Chocolate a match made in Heaven. What is it we crave when we are happy, sad, tired, excited or just about any emotional state we may find ourselves in — CHOCOLATE. Why do we have chocolate up on a pedestal and why is chocolate (besides roses) is probably the number one seller on [...]

Cool and easy for a hot summer day. Our temperatures here in Texas get really close to 100° on most summer days, and I don’t like hot weather and can hardly wait each evening to get in the pool with a glass of wine and a noodle to float on, and that is the best part of the [...]

Something green for St. Patrick’s Day! Is your table going to be full of GREEN food for St. Patrick’s day. l hope you will make at least a green salad of some sort, put on a green table cloth or place mats, wear green earrings, make an Irish dish, play some Irish music, and then [...]

Who doesn’t like homemade bread! AND who wants to knead bread if they don’t have to? My oldest son Scott turned me on to this recipe a couple of years ago. He had seen this recipe in the New York Times and emailed me about it. Ahhh, email. What would we do without it? Just [...]