Fried Green TomatoesThirsty for a college friend fix in August, I flew out to Seattle for an extended girls’ getaway weekend. Upon arrival, my dear friend Danielle immediately whisked me off to Toulouse Petit Kitchen and Lounge just in time for-you guessed it-Happy Hour. Known for...
Lobster Bisque Picking out my husband’s birthday gift is no picnic, and this year was no different. It was even stickier, you might say, as Mike reluctantly turned the big 5-0 last week. When asked what he’d like for his birthday, he said, “All I need to...
[caption id="attachment_1131" align="aligncenter" width="528" caption="Grilled Chicken and Fettuccine Alfredo"][/caption] A crock pot of Alfredo sauce? Sure, I can bring a crock pot of Alfredo sauce to the spaghetti dinner, I impulsively told my friend Patty when she asked me earlier this summer, buttering me up by...
The Big Sky Little Leaguers sure hit the big time this summer. What fun it was to open the sports page and read of yet another win from those Montana sluggers as they maintained their winning streak on the road to the World Series in...
[caption id="attachment_1099" align="aligncenter" width="528" caption="Chicken Chow Mein"][/caption] Granted, it’s been more than a few years since I was the head-in-the-clouds coed happily heading off to college. Looking back on that first quarter away from the comforts and confines of home, I sure learned a lot of...
Time to feed workers who feed us One of my fondest family farm memories is riding home in the back of the grain truck many years ago for the last load of the night. Lounging atop 500 bushels of newly harvested wheat, I remember my hands...
Shrouded in bird-proof netting and surrounded by neon orange fencing sure to deter the deer population, the healthy grove of raspberry bushes my parents have been babying along for the last few years at their farm is a sight to see, and this year finally...
You’d be hard-pressed to find a latte to-go in Paris, or least that was the case two years ago during our dream vacation to the City of Lights. When in France, sit down, get served and enjoy whatever it is you are eating or drinking,...
As the fair rolls into town with its Guttbusters, Vikings, fried Twinkies and melt-in-your-mouth mini donuts flying out of food trucks up and down the midway, so too do my fantasies of having a mobile cupcake cart of my own. Granted, I have given this...
Last springtime’s flood of summer camp brochures was met with eager enthusiasm and rapid-fire registration by both of our daughters. Scratching out checks, slapping on stamps and dropping forms off in the mail, I began to think how lucky they were to be gallivanting off...