What’s for dinner?

Sweet & Spicy Salmon, Shrimp & Chard
When you forget to thaw any meat before you get hungry, go straight for the seafood. Fish and shrimp are easy to "quick thaw" in a … [Read More]
What’s for dessert?

S’mores Cookies Recipes
If summer had a flavor, it wouldn't be lemonade or BBQ or even ice cream. Believe me, I eat ice cream all year long. Summer tastes … [Read More]
In the Fresh Domestic Kitchen

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes in Cleveland Browns colors
Wanna taste 2 of the 100 Best Cupcake Recipes? At least, according to this cupcake cookbook called "100 Best Cupcake Recipes," these two easy cupcake recipes are "sensational," paired in chocolate and peanut butter. But are they good enough for a Cleveland Browns victory?The challenge: Bake some cute … [Read More]

Homemade Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
One of my New Year's Resolutions is to try a new recipe at least once a week, and what better time to start than New Year's Day? My newly engaged fiance and I stopped at the grocery store yesterday, on New Year's Eve, which actually wasn't as bad as you'd imagine. We needed horseradish and ketchup to make cocktail … [Read More]
In the Fresh Domestic Garden

Plant Progress: Day 5
The company flowers and African Daisies keep coming up. Joining the green ranks today: Some Simpson’s Curled Lettuce. They don’t … [Read More]

Flower Garden
No words to blog today, just pictures of vividly bright flowers from my garden that say it better in color than I can in … [Read More]
Around Town + Beyond

Cleveland’s Hessler Street Fair
You know summer has kicked off in Cleveland, not because of the weather (which has a mind of its own), but because of the festivals. Last weekend, with unseasonably warm 80 degree weather beckoning, we loaded the car full of friends and headed to the Hessler Street Fair. This was my first time down Hessler … [Read More...]

I Support You, KFC
Are you guys kidding me? "Corporate irresponsibility?" Never mind that KFC's Double Down chicken-wich -- two strips of bacon, melted Monterrey and special sauce sandwiched between two slabs of fried chicken (grilled, if you're as lame as The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, who are calling for this … [Read More...]




