Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Frank in the Kitchen

  • Prunes and Pork Chops

    It has been a couple of weeks since my last post. This is because the Covid finally caught up with me, which actually made me quite angry emotionally, but physically…


  • Food Truck and Frank’s

    With getting ready for the DC trip and then the actual travel, I didn’t do any cooking or baking. I do have everything ready for this next week. Well, really…


  • Slow Week

    It was a much slower week than anticipated. I had several recipes picked out to give a try, including a roast chicken and vegetables. Next week will be a little…


  • Spaghetti Squash Gratin

    Two dishes didn’t make it into the photo album this week. I hate when I’ve finished the meal and realize no picture was taken. Maybe I’ll get better at remembering…


  • It Started with Soup

    Even though winter seems to be over and the weather this past Sunday was beautiful, I was still in the mood for some soup. There was one oddball vegetable, or…


  • Prosciutto and Salmon, Who Knew!?

    Rather than start with the first thing I made this week, I’m going to start with the last. It was a fun and a sad week of cooking. The fun…


  • A Little Tempering this Week

    Another fun week in the kitchen. We had some tried and true, chicken. Some not so often, crab. Something new none of us have ever had, bulgur. A little somethin’…


  • Four Out of Five Isn’t Too Bad, Right?

    This week saw a lot of leftovers. Although we are down to usually three or four for dinner, sometimes a couple more around the table, I still cook for at…


  • New Year, New Recipes

    After a hiatus of sorts, my kitchen mojo is back. For about six weeks I just wasn’t in the mood to cook or bake. The feels had just poofed away.…


  • Mac and Cheese

    Yesterday my youngest son texted me. Even though he was just upstairs, he texted me a question. He wanted to know if we might make dinner together. With my help,…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.