Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Frank in the Kitchen

  • Finally, A New Mixer

    I have been wanting a larger mixer for the last couple of years. With all my baking and bread, I have pretty much run the one I have into the…


  • Tis A New Seasoning

    A few months ago while visiting family in Columbus, I wanted to visit a kitchen store in the Short North. I had checked to make sure the store was still…


  • Not Too Fancy, But Just A Little

    Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a huge people person, or much of an extrovert. If I had my druthers, I’d be all alone on a deserted island with…


  • 2020 in the Kitchen

    Although the time in the kitchen was less this year than last, with having to go back to the office, I still enjoyed making a few new things, and finally…


  • Coopers Hawk

    If you haven’t had a chance to eat at a Coopers Hawk, please make it one of your places to eat in the new year. One just opened up near…


  • The Pretty and Not So Pretty

    Baking is an interesting endeavor. If all of the ingredients are mixed in the right order and in the right amounts, most things turn out as expected. It is the…


  • It’s Looking a Lot Like Cookies

    In case you didn’t know, it is a little challenging to write when your dog is like a second skin. Right now she is cuddled right up next to me…


  • Two Great Meals

    My heart was set on eating at either Gordon Ramsey’s Burgers or Giada’s during my Sin City stay. However, the Strip apparently wasn’t going to have any of it. Giada’s…


  • Thanksgiving 2021 is in the Books

    Tis a great Thanksgiving! I had several of the people who mean the most to me all around the dinner table. Then our three older children called us on their…


  • Where is My Horseradish?

    We have started a tradition of having Sunday dinner with the Papas now that they live close to us again. There are new recipes and the tried and true. This…


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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.