One Good Dog
I get several ARCs on my desk during the course of a week. The pace is picking up right now because advance readers’ generally come out 3-4 months prior to pub date, and March is a popular month. Day before … Continue reading →
SSB Week 12 – CRANBERRIES
This week, our SlowTrav Sunday Small Bites challenge ingredient was selected by Jan of Keep Your Feet in the Street My ongoing challenges to myself have been first to try to create my own recipe or at least make very … Continue reading →
PhotoHunt – BIRDS
I’m bending the rules just a bit for today’s PhotoHunt by posting a short YouTube clip. It seems I don’t take a lot of bird photos when we travel. But, this video is of some seabirds battling the wind, in … Continue reading →
Cilantro Lime Liqueur
The other day I hosted a surprise birthday party for a friend. We had tacos and there was a huge bunch of fresh cilantro left over. Not wanting to waste 99 cents worth of cilantro, I decided to use $10 … Continue reading →
SSB Week 11 – GINGER
This week the Sunday Small Bites ingredient is one of my favorite flavors (second only to anise.) I didn’t want to do a recipe that basically only used ginger to enhance the flavor of some other “main” ingredient, so I … Continue reading →
SSB Week 10 – MUSHROOMS
Ahhh, mushrooms! Is there any one single ingredient that lends itself better to a wind variety of appetizer options? I think not. Or maybe it’s just that I love mushrooms. Since the Sunday Small Bites gang at SlowTalk.com has been … Continue reading →
So THIS Is Where It Comes From?
In advance of our trip to Scotland, I wanted to do some research on potential distillary, brewery, & winery tours we might be able to take. So, before we left home, I visited a few of our local liquor stores, … Continue reading →
SSB Week 9 – OLIVES
This week Jerry picked Olives as our featured ingredient for the Sunday Small Bites challenge. For me it was like getting a pass. All I had to do was go to the pantry and pull out a jar of my … Continue reading →
PhotoHunt – BAGS
Interesting PhotoHunt subject this week. I can imagine many ways to interpret it and stay true to the travel theme of my blog. I could do luggage pictures. I could do shopping bag pictures from other countries. I could even … Continue reading →
The Russian Aisle
I got stuck in the Russian Aisle at Global Foods this week. It was because I noticed something for the first time. Even when a product doesn’t have a word of English on it, the shelf tags are in English. … Continue reading →