I had always fantasized about having a vegetable garden, but it wasn’t until we purchased our first home in Fort Worth, Texas that I got to develop my green thumbs.
I managed to shoe-horn a small vegetable garden into a sunny spot not shaded by the giant pecan tree in our backyard. In that small plot, in [...]
Stuffed bell peppers are one of the most beautiful ways of presenting a simple, savory entrée. Many fruits and vegetables are suitable for use as serving vessels, as are some shellfish.
Bell peppers come in a variety of colors, from the common green to reds, yellows, orange and purple. All of these are sweet [...]
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 [...]
Saturday evening was planned in advance to be a gathering of Salem friends, Tina and Steve Martin along with Steve Anchell and wife, Donna Conrad. All are real estate clients of mine morphed into dear family friends. We love it when our friends possess a bit of nuttiness and quirkiness and these chums are all [...]
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 [...]
