Here we are at the first week of May and one can only hope that spring has finally sprung. On a recent socially distant backyard visit with my daughter, I became ecstatically hopeful when she revealed that her trickster-y hens were once again laying eggs. As a matter of fact, on that rare sunny morning, […]

I did it. I masked up, put my bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse and did a big grocery shopping the other day. I came home with quite a haul, enough to get me by for several weeks. Now, as you can imagine, I’m a person who really loves food shopping, but these present […]

I usually write about food and beverage events, but, of course, no gatherings are happening now. I know that many of you (like me) are cooking, baking and experimenting with food – sometimes using just what you have available in the fridge and pantry. I have contacted a few local chefs for their ideas about […]

Once again, I’m riffling and shuffling through my cupboards. I don’t know about you, but cooking these days is like an episode of “Chopped” without the time constraints or the ultra-weird ingredients. I’m finding comestibles I had forgotten I had, like the last dregs of pickle relish, a lone box of Jell-O, a scant cup […]

Last night, after a week-long diet of alternating meals of homemade chicken noodle soup and mac and cheese, I was craving Indian food. Upon digging through my freezer and pantry, I found most of the ingredients to make myself a batch of Chicken Korma. I only lacked the cream, which I was able to purchase […]

I’ve been talking on the phone more with my 87-year-old mom in recent weeks. Our conversations often include a fair amount of looking back on other tough times we’ve been through in our lives and how we dealt with them. We took care of our families. We helped others and shared with them. We made […]

As I write this on March 26, I feel proud to say that other than long walks in the woods along the cove, I have stayed home for 10 straight days. Even though my new shiny refrigerator is in situ, I haven’t rushed out to stock up. I’m still managing quite nicely with the food […]

I don’t know about all of you, but I seem to be struggling with my concentration lately. Writing this column help keeps me sane during my self-isolation here at the cove. As I write this on March 19, I’m counting the days until my new refrigerator is delivered from Agren’s. My trusty 19-year-old Kenmore side-by-side […]