It’s been an unusually busy week for guest posts on my blog. Like many things left to chance, I will have no requests for weeks, then 4 in one day. I try to be a good curator, only accepting posts that I find interesting and … Continue reading.....
Barbecued Salmon?
Why not?
The hoisin sauce, sherry and soy sauce make a nice counterpoint to the salmon’s richness.
If you don’t have hoisin sauce you can use another purchased barbecue sauce, or regular ketchup. If using ketchup I would add a dash of Worcestershire … Continue reading.....
It’s finally summer!
Well, today is anyway….. We have hopes for more than one summer day in a row.
Summer means grilling outdoors, barbecuing, and smoking.
My longtime readers know we love to use our smoker – especially to make our favorite Smoked Pasta.… Continue reading.....
I originally posted this recipe about 10 years ago. When I went to look at it just now, to relegate it to history, I noticed all the comments from other bloggers. It used to be the custom to read and comment faithfully on other food … Continue reading.....
Do you sleep well?
Or do you suffer from insomnia?
I have, for my entire life, gotten up after 2 or 3 hours, gone to the bathroom, had a big glass of water, gone back to bed and immediately back to sleep. My total awake … Continue reading.....
I posted a recipe for Grilled Chicken Breasts with Ginger Barbecue Sauce last month.
The Barbecue Sauce is the same – but it’s so good it deserves to be repeated.
Actually, there is enough barbecue sauce for both the chicken and pork, so I usually … Continue reading.....
Remember terrariums?
Glass bowls or squares or oblongs in which you grew plants in a ‘closed (or open for succulents) ecosystem’. They were all the rage in the 70’s.
The idea was also used as a habitat for small pets like spiders (who would have … Continue reading.....
This Cherry Crisp is what I made when my oven quit working.
I baked it for 40 minutes, and the cherries were nicely cooked. The top got a little too dark but I think that was because the thermostat quit working at some point during … Continue reading.....
When I was growing up there were 2 kinds of salads served in summer as side dishes.
My mother grew ‘Black-Seeded Simpson’, which is a leaf lettuce (rather than a head lettuce). She always served it with a dressing she made with cider vinegar, sugar … Continue reading.....
These meatballs were an unintentional experiment.
We were planning on having burgers….
As happened so often this spring the weather turned and mon mari decided that he would rather not grill burgers in the rain.
That was fine as I was no longer in the … Continue reading.....
