It’s almost the New Year, friends, and I’m guessing you’re as ready as I am to welcome a fresh start. We’ll be making our way back to Virginia this week, and then settling in for a small get-together on New Year’s Eve with our local family. I have a few ideas to help you ring…
This is a belated Merry Christmas, because we’ve spent the past five days without electricity, television, or the internet. It was, in hindsight, a good thing. A blessing. Out of necessity, our plans had to change, Christmas was reconfigured a bit, and all our expectations flew out the window as a large part of Michigan…
I love Christmas morning. Even as an adult, there’s something magical about waking up to a glowing Christmas tree and a pile of gifts wrapped in shiny paper, to a cozy house and a radio softly playing Christmas music. And at the end of the chaos and the squeals of delight from little people, there’s…
It’s a crazy time to be in the meal planning business, when there are endless errands to run, family holiday meals to prepare for, parties to host, and a million and one events on the calendar. And yet no one wants to end up at McDonald’s, me least of all, so here I am with…
So yeah . . . Mexican Layer Dip. I know, it’s about as eighties as you can get. Or maybe it’s actually become timeless? I think I’ll go with the latter. My mom started making Mexican Layer Dip when I was in middle school, and it quickly became a family favorite – and a cultural…
I know I’m always telling you some story about the first time I tasted things, but I really do seem to have a steel-trap memory for initial food experiences. Me and pecan pie, we met when I was in college, studying to be a teacher. I was working at an old tavern in Ypsilanti, Michigan’s…