One Potato, Two Potato…

One Potato, Two Potato…

One of my favorite “food groups” is potatoes.  Baked, mashed, fried, made into a salad – I love them all.  So the fact that September is National Potato month gave me an excuse to find new recipes to play around with.  I can just hear Bob, my late...

Chicken-hearted September

Just a warning – before reading this column, be aware that it has some fowl language. The word “chicken” is often associated with cowardice.  It has caused many a person to act in ways they would not ordinarily behave.  After all, who wants to be called a...

A story worth repeating

One thing that has enriched my life is the abundance of family stories.  My siblings and I heard all kinds of tales about our extended family, Dad’s adventures in the army, things that happened in church; the list could go on and on.  Through the years, we...
A time of sharing

A time of sharing

This past weekend was packed full of time with family, especially with my daughter, Molly, and her three children.  Many of my readers will remember little Maggie from the years I first started writing “Cooks’ Corner.”  She is now fifteen, and the oldest of my...

Laboring to make things work

I keep asking myself, “Where has the time gone?”  Labor Day, the unofficial end to summer, is one week from today, and I already see signs of autumn.  Leaves are falling here and there, and my garden is slowing down; even the zucchini plants are barely...