Summer means blueberries. Yes, we’re fortunate that we can get them all year round, but there’s an undeniable thrill when they appear at the local farmers’ markets or grocery stores in mid- to late-summer. Maybe you have a place...
Greek Salad: Fresh & Easy!
Whenever you are lucky enough to find excellent tomatoes, immediately change the day’s menu to include a Greek salad. Yes, you’ll have to pay for a few other ingredients, but it would be crazy to pass up the opportunity...
Greek Coffee Frappé: Your Cold and Bold Summer Drink
Greek coffee frappé? (In Greek: φραπέ, pronounced frah-PEH.) Let’s agree that it does not sound like something Zorba would drink. I expected strong, stiff coffee when I went to Greece. So strong, that a pound of sugar is necessary to...
Chocolate Cake and the Development of the Atomic Bomb
When you think of the origins of the atomic bomb, chocolate cake as an important contribution to its success probably doesn’t come to mind. Think again. If Edith Warner’s famous dessert hadn’t fed the isolated scientists working on the...
Beecher’s Mac & Cheese: Recipe for Seattle’s Ultimate Comfort Food
How good is Beecher’s Mac & Cheese? Ask Oprah. It made her “favorite things” list. Now you can make it at home…the recipe is below! Kurt Beecher Dammeier didn’t intentionally set out to create the best Mac & Cheese...
Trip versus Vacation: Why I Need Both…and a “Rickshaw”
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Trip versus vacation…Four days at Atlantic Beach. A delightful break from the unbearably brutal heat-and-humidity of inland Florida, where I lived, with no beach or breeze. The craziest thing I did? Too much sun....