Joy
Pronunciation: joi
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium, from gaudēre to rejoice; probably akin to Greek gēthein to rejoice
Date: 13th century
1 a : the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight b : the expression or exhibition [...]
“Crater Lake: overwhelmingly yet sublimely beautiful. Moody. At times brilliantly blue, ominously somber; at other times buried in a mass of brooding clouds. The lake is magical, enchanting – a remnant of fiery times, a reflector of its adjacent forested slopes, a product of Nature’s grand design.
Few places on earth command overwhelming awe from observers, [...]
If you listen, read or watch the news all you’ll hear about pork is the wheeling and dealing that goes on in Washington to get legislation passed. For me The Food Chanel, cookbooks and cooking magazines are preferable. Here you’ll find the real thing – pork as a flavorful protein.
Pork has frequently been a controversial [...]
I first read the phrase “Comfort me with apples” on the book of the same name by food writer and executive editor of Gourmet Magazine Ruth Reichl. Only later did I learn that it is borrowed from the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament of the Bible. “Stay me with flagons, comfort me with [...]
It’s that time of year in Oregon when marionberries and blackberries appear in great abundance. Wild blackberries are virtually everywhere in the Willamette Valley, even growing along the median of Interstate 5.
I can literally walk out my front door and return with enough berries to make a pie or cobbler in a very short period [...]
Some years ago The Commonwealth of Virginia launched a tourism slogan declaring “Virginia is for Lovers.” With tongue in cheek and not to be outdone, Maryland promoted “Maryland is for Crabs.” Since virtually all the hazelnuts in the USA are grown in Oregon, one could infer that “Oregon is for Nuts.” As a matter [...]
