The Sabbatical Chef

Non , this is not a picture of one of my 7th or 8th graders as I introduce yet one more irregular verb-- "Is this going to be on the ex...

My mom, Mildred, celebrated her 70th birthday last week.  The Ex-Ex and I drove up to Spruce Pine to celebrate (and to have a second Thanksg...

The turkey has been eaten.  (Not this one, of course. My mother-in-law always has cool decorations so I snapped a few photos!) The pumpkin p...

It was a real food lover's week... Last Sunday, there was a panel discussion at the Durham County Library's Southwest branch with ...

  I was afraid that we were not going to have the brilliant fall colors I love so much.  Twenty-two years spent in the mountains conditione...

This weekend's cooking project was Dorie Greenspan's recipe called Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good.  Arizona Tammy sent it to m...

(I've been playing with Skitch again.) This guy's name is You Are A Lucky Eater But Not Smart Enough To Know It.  We will call him ...