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In case you didn't know, November is National Novel Writing Month.  And there's a website for it: http://nanowrimo.org/.   The idea ...

I recently tried spaghetti squash for the first time.  I had stopped at Whole Foods for a certain item and decided to grab something from t...

The other night for dinner I made a recipe from Taste of Home magazine:  Beefy Tortellini Skillet . I subscribed to Taste of Home last yea...

I don't know what's going on, but I seem to be having bad luck with cats this past year.  Lou had to have part of his tail amputated...

I went to the store over the weekend and decided to get some protein bars.  I don't buy a lot of protein bars, mainly because I tend to ...

I tried a couple new recipes last weekend, one of which is Chili Rubbed Pulled Pork from BudgetBytes.com. I had all the ingredients, plus a...

This past weekend I harvested more apples from my apple trees.  There aren't many more I can harvest using a ladder and apple picking po...

Last week I went on my first business trip, which was a full week in Huntington Beach, CA.  (Well, I've been on one other, but it was in...

Last night for dinner I made Balsamic Chicken Thighs.  I found the recipe on a website called Budget Bytes, a website dedicated to cooking ...

I've heard lots of chefs on TV say that their go-to cookbook and reference is Larousse Gastronomique, a huge monster of a book.  They u...