It's Day 3 of Thanksgiving Revisited! We're moving right along here. If you've been reading this blog for a while you know that I am not a fan of doing dirty dishes. I love spreading out in the kitchen and making a beautiful mess. But I have a hard time facing a big stack in…
This is day 2 of my "Thanksgiving Revisited" series... a tad late but my airplane to New York didn't have wifi, gasp, the outrage!I have a pumpkin fetish, I bought so many this year just to look at. And I like a good pumpkin dessert as much as the next girl. But I think we…
I had quite the 4th of July weekend. It began with a long road trip from Austin to Arkansas. I drove the entire span of Arkansas and I marveled at how different it is depending on where you are in the state. It was purty country.The weekend can best be described as Foodapalooza. There have…
My grandmother and great-aunt had an apartment together on the top floor of 34 Morton Street in New York City in 1941. It was a nice walk-up apartment building, and they paid $80 for it.They were very frugal, and so had various dishes they cooked together that they considered their specialties. One was called "Slum…