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Irish Soda Bread
What’s the deal with Soda Bread during the festivities? What a surprise and delight to find that bread has decided to take a spontaneous vacation to also enjoy the festivities. How thoughtful to leave us here, bewildered and wondering how we’ll manage. Well .. off […]
Summer Time is Rhubarb Time
At the farmers market i picked up my first Rhubarb of the season. Rhubarb has a narrow growing window and i am delighted as Rhubarb shows its first harvest. Rhubarb is simply stated – tart. So the combination of simple sugar and strawberries mellows the […]
Food Trends 2023
Life & Culture from Wednesday January 25 2023 has a short clip about Food Trends. It is an interesting thought, Trends. I have the mindset of consistency and basics. For My look ahead in 2023 i will still look for simplicity, clear thought, consistency and […]
2022 Most Popular recipes data analytics – there is an AI story in there… someplace.
From NY Times – “Most popular recipes of 2022” the title captured my interest. Surprised and delighted that NY is tracking. Not sure. It continues as Sometimes the chaos of life calls for an all day cooking project. Examples are given ( and I like […]
“Were Open”
Denver Post Life & Culture Dec 28, 2022 writes Denver Food Scene “Were Open”. Nearly three years after the pandemic began, it finally feels like Denver’s restaurant scene is starting to get back to its grove. My goodness. From where I sit, we definitely have […]
Butter boards?
Just like it sounds.. I cant think what that may be once it warms up, However it appears to be trending well. Todays DenverPost 2022-10-26 calls butter boards ‘the polarizing step child of charcuterie’. ‘It is a TikToc new food Craze’. I am a bit […]
Palisade Peach Pancakes
Friday we had breakfast for dinner. Pancakes are easy and quick to make. Prep time was about 5 minutes and they looked so good – so did not even make it to the plate. After blanching and pealing the peaches – it seemed to make […]