For the last 10 days or so, since coming back from vacation, I have been sick. One of the symptoms is a mouth that feels like I’d chewed on some glass. So, I haven’t been able to eat hard or crunchy foods for about a week. I really wanted some BBQ chips yesterday and I… Continue reading Comfort Food
Category: personal history
A funny thing happened on the way to caffeine-free.
As I mentioned last week, I’m doing this detox diet program as recommended by my doctor. The first, I eliminated caffeine, artificial sweeteners and flavorings, gluten containing starches and a few other things. That was working fabulous until Friday night. Friday, I arrived in Chesaning, MI for a weekend scrapbooking retreat with my friend Amy.… Continue reading A funny thing happened on the way to caffeine-free.
HotDish
Sitting around eating some amazingly good cinnamon raisin bread from Great Harvest (the one on W. Saginaw) this morning, Chris starting ranting about how he’s wanted some Hot Dish all week and he’s going to make it right now. Hot dish? What on earth on you talking about? He was (and probably still is) stunned… Continue reading HotDish
From farm to fork
From my bag of treasures from yesterday’s Farm Market, we made corn on the cob for dinner last night. This is, by far, the freshest corn we’ve had this season. You know its going to be good when you put a hole in a kernel and the juice is sticky like sugar. We don’t really… Continue reading From farm to fork
Munching thru Minneapolis
Chris and I went on a little vacay over the Fourth of July week, first a few days in the Minneapolis then heading up to his family’s lake place in Wisconsin. We arrived late on Tuesday night after a lovely delay in Chicago- can’t leave without the pilots! During out layover in Chicago, we ate… Continue reading Munching thru Minneapolis
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