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Admitting defeat…

As far as the 12 days of cookies goes, I have to admit my utter failure.  I have been defeated.  Not by the cookies, but by circumstances.  There’s just too much going on right now for me to be able to focus on baking, and almost too much going on for me to...
On traditions and getting settled

On traditions and getting settled

It’s a tradition for my wife and I that the first meal we have in a new home is take-out Chinese.  I’m not sure that my wife knew she was starting a tradition when we first did this, but it has become the norm now that we’ve moved several times, and...

Walking in the shadows of giants

Sometimes I feel like I’m walking in the shadows of giants. They’re very nice giants, but giants nonetheless. When I started this little food blog I wasn’t really aware of the sheer number of other food bloggers out there. That realization came...
In Loving Memory, Katherine Denton

In Loving Memory, Katherine Denton

This past Thursday, September 13th, 2007 The world lost another wonderful soul. The world knew her as “Kat”, or Katherine. We knew her as Nan. Nan was born Katherine Luise Simmons on May 23rd 1929 in Lester Arkansas. She and her family moved to California...
Tones of Home

Tones of Home

Isn’t it funny how the littlest things can get you reminiscing about the “good old days”? Some recent upheavals in our lives have had me waxing reminiscent about home. No, not the home I share with my wife, the home I left when my last relationship...