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 ground. It has been very good to us and provided many happy food memories. Sadly, the motor has just gotten less powerful over the past… Continue reading Finally, A New Mixer

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 open as I wanted to buy a new whisk. My goal was to buy another whisk like the one I had purchased there a couple… Continue reading Tis A New Seasoning

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 a huge library of books to read, and a great kitchen to experiment in. It is that last part that, although cooking and baking is… Continue reading Not Too Fancy, But Just A Little

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 got to cook again with Papa Joe. Here is a little walk down memory lane. I hope to be back in the kitchen a little… Continue reading 2020 in the Kitchen

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 us, and we decided to give it a try for our anniversary dinner. First, it is a bit more pricey than most restaurants. We are… Continue reading Coopers Hawk

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 experiments, or the decorations, that can go a bit awry. This past week I started on the holiday cookies I began experimenting with during the… Continue reading The Pretty and Not So Pretty

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 with one of her legs thrown over my arm as if to let me know I can’t go anywhere. It is a little awkward to… Continue reading It’s Looking a Lot Like Cookies

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 own volition to wish us Happy Thanksgiving. In a little while, we will be FaceTiming to see our grandson, and it will be the first… Continue reading Thanksgiving 2021 is in the Books

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 past Sunday I decided I wanted to make some salmon, green beans, stuffed mushrooms, and potatoes. For dessert, a last minute decision, I made a… Continue reading Where is My Horseradish?